Power Feed for Warco GH Major Milling Machine

[Mr Mechanical]

So this week I'll be starting a project that i've been planning for a few weeks. After getting tired of turning the hand wheel like carzy while milling, I looked into purchacing a power feed for my Warco GH milling machine. However the £400 price tag made me put it off for a while. Then I discovered a few on youtube that had made there own power feed and decided to give it a go myself.

My design will use a NEMA 34 stepper motor and belt / pulleys. These will all be mounted on a bracket that will be made using some 50mm x 100mm alloy box section. The design will also allow for the hand wheel to be used if required.

If it works well I plan to make similar brackets for the other 2 axis in the future for a possible CNC conversion.