Gallery, Projects and General > Project Logs
X2 belt drive conversion
raynerd:
Nice job there Tim and thanks again for all the piccys! I can`t believe the belts got to you so fast, must only been 12 hours from sending to receiving!! Cheers to Eric for sorting them out for us.
I`ve got the base plate sorted out now and I just have the motor plate to complete and then I`ll be able to try it out as well.
Great to see it up and running - you have enthused me to try and get mine finished over the next few days however your, and now my Elmer #25 build is distracting me....lol I think I`m just copying you :)
Was the motor OK to rewire - is it obvious?
Chris
spuddevans:
--- Quote from: bogstandard on June 26, 2009, 03:35:25 AM ---Tim,
Maybe you should knock up one of these.
Tramming then becomes a joy rather than a PITA.
http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=822.0
or Stews smaller version
http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=1077.0
John
--- End quote ---
I remember reading those threads, I think I'm going to make one, a little one. (perhaps a slightly smaller version of the smaller version)
--- Quote from: craynerd on June 26, 2009, 08:35:57 AM ---Was the motor OK to rewire - is it obvious?
--- End quote ---
The re-wireing is unbelievably easy. When you open up the lid of the little box on the left of the mill you will see that the wires from the motor are colour coded brown for +,blue for - and green for earth. Just keep the earths linked as before and wire the brown to blue. All the wires are connected with spade terminals so it is really easy to re-wire.
Just a note of warning. The motors on the X2's are DC and that is why it is both very easy to reverse the direction, and also safe to reverse the wiring. DO NOT TRY THIS ON OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ( sorry to shout, but electricity can kill you very quickly ) if in any doubt get someone who is qualified to do it for you.
Remember what Mick the electrician says, Green to Brown, Brown to Blue, Blew to bits. :zap:
Edit: I've since realised that there is no need to reverse the motor's direction with this belt drive conversion so disregard the above details
Tim
Bernd:
Tim,
Nice job there. :thumbup:
This is the first I've heard of the motor needing to be reversed from all the others that have done this mod. Don't recall if any mentioned needing to reverse the motor. It makes sense though since your going from gears to belts.
Bernd
spuddevans:
--- Quote from: Bernd on June 26, 2009, 08:58:09 AM ---Tim,
Nice job there. :thumbup:
This is the first I've heard of the motor needing to be reversed from all the others that have done this mod. Don't recall if any mentioned needing to reverse the motor. It makes sense though since your going from gears to belts.
Bernd
--- End quote ---
:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:
You know, it's only when you try things out you find out how just thinking things out in your head can catch you out. I just went out and turned on the mill and, you guessed it, it was turning backwards. I was sure that I needed the motor to run in reverse to make up for the change from gears to a belt, but there you go.
I'm really glad you posted that Bernd, I'll go and edit my previous post to correct my mistake.
So, to sum up, you dont need to reverse the motor's direction when making this belt drive conversion.
(a rather redder faced) Tim
Bernd:
Red Faced Tim,
So your saying you don't have to reverse the motor? :scratch:
Now you got me confused. (doesn't take much :lol: )
Bernd
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version