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hey guys
Developed RSI after turning the x axis for hours on end, hence had to make power feed device. OMG... never gunna do it the old way ever again!!
Here's what I came up with...
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cheers stevoh
Bravo, Nice and clean Stevoh! Looks like you already got an award for it on the inside of the sheet metal. :cool: Did you fabricate the controller board? I see the screw coupling and flex coupler but curious how you did it. Been a few conversation here about how it gets done and would enjoy your take on doing it.
Thanks, Great share!
PJ
Thanks PJ,
I've got an electronics engineer friend whos amazing, I just tell him what I need and he makes it. He found the motor and electronics and I designed the box around the bits and installed them. The box is made from spare award A4 size plates I used to engrave, had so many @ one stage just threw them out. Here's a few pics of coupling.
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This pic shows the material I found on the side of road... yaaayy, freebie!!
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cheers
Do you have the ability to disengage it for those times when you will need to use the manual wheel?
Hey frank, no disengage system, turning the wheel by hand just turns the motor with it no problemQuote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
I was just wondering because I used to have a Bridgeport with power feed I had to dis engage the feed to use the hand wheel
Edit, is the electronics and the motor capable of upgrading to NC or CNC later on if you wanted to do so?
I guess different kind of motors or gearingQuote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
The Bridge port had a 96v DC motor with right angle drive something like 12 wires came out of itQuote:
Originally Posted by Stevohdee
Good work and nice job
back when I started my apprentice 44 years ago they wouldn't let us use power feed on the mill, they wanted us to feel the cutter cutting and get the feel of how fast you can turn the crank without destroying the end mill, got tired of cranking the mill handle real quick.
Nice Job
Doug
Nice work Steve. Are you in Australia?
Phil
Nice and clean work!!!!
Nice useful project, and clean build.
Thanks for the additional pics Steveoh! Had no idea you did engraving as well, always like the art of it. Nice to have Buds that can help out like that and a pretty clean little board. Nice hunk to find on the side of the road. I was going to ask the same question Frank did about engagement. Think there was a discussion here awhile back about a dissengagement system. Think yours may be open to that by changing the tapered coupler a bit, but if it works for you by turning the motor, should be OK.
Thanks again and congrats on the cool upgrade!
PJ
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Nice work! :thumbsup:
Curious about source of motor? I went to Nidec site but could not find it.
Is that a DC Brushless Motor? The Servo tag means different things. Looking for the specs on the motor.
Very nice job, wish I had a electronics friend.
Ralph
Hey ralph,
Just had a close look @ motor, it has "japan servo co limited", dont know about brushless, will find out.
Cheers
Hey frank, about cnc capability, dont know, my friend did try a stepper motor to start with & couldnt get it to work, it was going to be driven with a digital panel which i thought too painful to use, so I opted for simple system, good ol fashioned knobs
Hey phil, im in woodville area SA
Just found out, has brushesQuote:
Originally Posted by Stevohdee
I can fully appreciate knobsQuote:
Originally Posted by Stevohdee
Great job, really looks professional. Do you know where your friend got the servo motor/gearbox. I'd like to try and build one for my mill.
It's from an industrial robotic co. he used to work for but there are several alternatives on ebay. This one 24v. Look @ garage door opener motors, these have a cool built in clutch, they are similar to wiper motors. Hope this helps, cheersQuote:
Originally Posted by w00dman
