Titivating a Wire EDM Machine

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awemawson:
Well the list is getting ticked off one by one!

The leaking water WAS trivial I'm glad to say. Just a Jubilee clip that responded to a few more turns to tighten it :ddb: It is one of two each side of the 'Conductivity Cell' with electrodes used to monitor the conductivity of the water.

Looking at the rust stains below this assembly, it has probably been dripping for quite some time :bugeye:

There is one more thing though to add to the 'to do' list on this machine: Re-learn how to program it :coffee: The basic moving around is simple G code, but there are pages and pages of 'cutting conditions' that need referencing in code (and understanding !) It's a couple of years since I last did it so hopefully it'll all come back so long as the appropriate grey cells haven't died in the mean time :lol:

DMIOM:

--- Quote from: awemawson on October 08, 2014, 11:28:48 AM ---........Thirdly, the upper wire guide assembly racks up and down like the Z axis of a mill, the idea being to minimise wire length and water flushing distance for thinner work pieces. To this end the cooling and flushing pipes and power leads have sufficient free length to allow the downwards movement, but they flap about and get tangled in the polycarbonate anti-splash shields - so they need some form of re-routing or maybe just tidying up.....
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Just watch how you re-route / tidy them! linky

Dave

Henning:

--- Quote from: DMIOM on October 08, 2014, 01:55:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: awemawson on October 08, 2014, 11:28:48 AM ---........Thirdly, the upper wire guide assembly racks up and down like the Z axis of a mill, the idea being to minimise wire length and water flushing distance for thinner work pieces. To this end the cooling and flushing pipes and power leads have sufficient free length to allow the downwards movement, but they flap about and get tangled in the polycarbonate anti-splash shields - so they need some form of re-routing or maybe just tidying up.....
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Just watch how you re-route / tidy them! linky

Dave

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Considering how Mr. Mawson seems able to make a tidy job of even the worst of basket case machines, I'd hazard a guess that if he'd been in charge the satelites would not only be in the right orbit, but they would have self repair system and also a system to get them into the right orbit should they not behave themselves :beer:

Not many comments, and I guess it's because other people too are so impressed and at the same time feel so inadequate?

It's a stirling job again Mr. Mawson and i thoroughly enjoy following along, even if i have troubles understanding everything you do! :mmr:

Spurry:

--- Quote from: Henning on October 08, 2014, 02:15:04 PM ---Not many comments, and I guess it's because other people too are so impressed and at the same time feel so inadequate?
It's a stirling job again Mr. Mawson and i thoroughly enjoy following along, even if i have troubles understanding everything you do! :mmr:

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Ain't that the truth!
Pete

awemawson:
Well thankee kindly chaps

"It's a stirling job again Mr. Mawson and i thoroughly enjoy following along, even if i have troubles understanding everything you do! :mmr: "

Now you are assuming I understand what I'm doing - don't be too trusting :lol:

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