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Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion
- Thread starter DavidR8
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Well that worked out just perfectly.
Made some 6mm transfer screws.
Lined it all up and marked it.
Drilled the holes and installed it.
Now to mark the holes to secure the ball screw mount.
And done. Need some round head M6 cap screws for a cleaner job.
Made some 6mm transfer screws.
Lined it all up and marked it.
Drilled the holes and installed it.
Now to mark the holes to secure the ball screw mount.
And done. Need some round head M6 cap screws for a cleaner job.
Sus and his horizontal surfaces
I tried to camouflage the real purpose for @DavidR8 but you guys saw right through me!
Nothing beats a horizontal surface for keeping things visible and ready to go!
The mill will be inside an enclosure so the potential for this to be tool storage is minimized
How the Fk did you manage to knock that all off in such a short time!
It's embarrassing you know.
Don't you have another shop to build or something?
I actually thought that took ages.
Maybe it’s because my shop is small so I don’t have to walk far to get things?
I honestly don’t know. Seemed like 2-1/2 hours from cutting the plate to installed is about right for me.
I haven’t powder coated it yet so it’s not done, done.
See, if you had milled that out of a solid chuck of cast iron or even steel, you would still be shopping for the stock or at least having fun making chips and you wouldn't need to paint it.
I hope you don't run out of things to do runnin around that shop at laser speed like that.....
I'd change your user name to RoadRunner, but you would just change it back..........
In the future it will be a cup 'o chips!
I like the idea of the shelf, but I think using plate to implement it might not be the best answer. If you plan on sticking with the plate it would be wise to add a front and back side plate to it.
You will see some flex the way it is set up now and that might load up your ballscrew nut as the ball screw flexs out of alignment.
You will see some flex the way it is set up now and that might load up your ballscrew nut as the ball screw flexs out of alignment.
Agreed. I’ll probably TIG some sides onto it before I finish it up.
Might be a good excuse to take a few more days on this project and mill something out of a block of metal so the rest of us don't feel so inept.....
140mower
Don
At our age we are all getting a little low in iron anyway.....In the future it will be a cup 'o chips!
The new timing belt pulley for the servo motor arrived today. Motor spec sheets said 19.6mm shaft so I went looking for pulleys with 20mm bore.
Pulley bore is spot on, 20.1mm. Offer it up to the spindle and it's loose like a baggy sweater... mic the shaft and it's 18.89mm, almost 1mm smaller in diameter.
Pulley bore is spot on, 20.1mm. Offer it up to the spindle and it's loose like a baggy sweater... mic the shaft and it's 18.89mm, almost 1mm smaller in diameter.
140mower
Don
I see some of my luck might be rubbing off on you....... It's a tough path ahead.
Well everyday is a learning day.
The motor drawing has the shaft at 19H6 which I thought was some offshore way of saying 19.6. In fact it's a tolerance as I'm sure most/many/all of you know.
So the shaft is 19mm nominal with an allowable tolerance of 19 - 19.036
The motor drawing has the shaft at 19H6 which I thought was some offshore way of saying 19.6. In fact it's a tolerance as I'm sure most/many/all of you know.
So the shaft is 19mm nominal with an allowable tolerance of 19 - 19.036
Unfortunately not. No big deal. At $10 the pulley was cheap enough to put in stock and chalk it up to learning.
What I take from that photo is @DavidR8 is trying to slip your mill into his back pocket (to take home) but you caught him with a photo so now he's pretending to measure something.