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Weiss VM32 CNC Conversion
- Thread starter David
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At the rate @David is going, he should be able get rid of all his metal working machines and just 3Dprint everything!
I don't think there's a better prototyping tool for a shop than a 3D printer.
Yup, but you are not prototyping! You have skipped that step and you are using the printed part like a production part!
Well yes there’s that.
140mower
Don
140mower
Don
Well my friend.... you're one heck of a project completer.Naw, I'm a wanna-be maker,
@jcdammeyer and @YotaBota have failed in their attempts to slow you down, therefore we are going to have to call in the big guns...... @jorogi , you're up....
Just wait till he's retired or almost retired. Suddenly he'll find he gets nothing done anymore. And the question of the day will be: "What day is it today?"
Doggggboy
Ultra Member
"Do you know who I am?"
Oh and too be fair, yes, as @David has stated, that is a 3D printed limit switch holder... something of course I would never do... but that's only because I have no idea what day it is today...
Wonder why the one socket head screw has rust on it? Strange.
Gradually making more progress on the conversion.
I discovered that the X axis the servo would error out at one end of the travel. Turned out there was some binding on the X axis at the right hand end of the table.
I was pretty sure that it was because the holes for the bracket securing the servo were just slightly off so the support bearing got closer to the ballnut it would bind up.
Opened up the holes and fastened it in place with the table at the limit. Works much better now.
I discovered that the X axis the servo would error out at one end of the travel. Turned out there was some binding on the X axis at the right hand end of the table.
I was pretty sure that it was because the holes for the bracket securing the servo were just slightly off so the support bearing got closer to the ballnut it would bind up.
Opened up the holes and fastened it in place with the table at the limit. Works much better now.
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I've run into a snag on the conversion.
I was having issues with the Z axis travel hanging up in spots and I thought that maybe the slot in the column where the attachment to the slide that the head bolts onto was too narrow.
Took the head off this morning to investigate.
Turns out that the upper bearing in the ball screw mount has completely self-destructed. The outer race was basically loose and the balls were loose in the bore.
Sigh.
I was having issues with the Z axis travel hanging up in spots and I thought that maybe the slot in the column where the attachment to the slide that the head bolts onto was too narrow.
Took the head off this morning to investigate.
Turns out that the upper bearing in the ball screw mount has completely self-destructed. The outer race was basically loose and the balls were loose in the bore.
Sigh.
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It's the upper bearing so that makes me thing that something jammed when traveling up and because of the torque the servo is capable of producing it blew the bearing.
But the servo errors out instantly as soon as a single step is lost so I'm a bit stumped.