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Offline Space Fan

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Finished the belt drive for the X2
« on: February 07, 2010, 06:02:00 PM »
What a long process. Many operations. Lets hope it works!
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 06:10:35 PM »
Nice job! I like your plastic belt sheild! My belt snapped and flew off last week and I got a wack across the neck with it...I need a shield. Did you make that?

Chris
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 06:24:50 PM »
Chris,
The shield is an afterthought Just for that reason.  I'm big on shop safety and that belt is spinning at eye level!

I did make this one.  It's just three pieces of plexiglass glued together.  I was going to bend it but this 1/4" stuff alwaws cracks on me.

I'll drill and tap for screws when I get it installed.  I was thinking I'd add a top piece if thee was clearance...
Barry


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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2010, 08:32:06 AM »
Very nice job on that belt drive.

We're going to need a picture of it all mounted on the mill though.  :poke:

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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 09:37:18 AM »
Quote from: Bernd on February 08, 2010, 08:32:06 AM
Very nice job on that belt drive.

We're going to need a picture of it all mounted on the mill though.  :poke:

Bernd
Bernd,
I had to extend the wires to the motor, far too short.  Luckily I had one of these plastic metal lined flexible conduits on hand.

It's about half as quiet as before. It works well.  It might run in a bit and quieten down a bit more..
I like the mod!
Barry
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2010, 09:48:13 AM »
Lookin' good Barry.  :thumbup:

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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2010, 07:22:23 PM »
Quote from: Bernd on February 10, 2010, 09:48:13 AM
Lookin' good Barry.  :thumbup:

Bernd
Thanks Bernd.

I'm still kind of impressed that the thing works :zap:.  I printed a set of plans and followed them as accurately as I could and it just all went together, no test fitting untill the install.  It feels good to make something practical on the mill.   :)

Are you going to make a shield for yours?
Barry
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2010, 03:07:55 AM »
Barry, Where did the plans come from ? I fancy doing a set but using poly vee belts as thry drive better than V belts over small pullies.

John S.
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2010, 09:24:46 AM »
Quote from: Space Fan on February 10, 2010, 07:22:23 PM
Are you going to make a shield for yours?
Barry

it'll be a while before I get to doing a conversion the on the mill. To many projects ahead of the mill right now. I'll just have to suffer with the gear noise.  :)

Bernd
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2010, 09:47:04 AM »
Hi Guys, that's a nice job on your X2. I am thinking about doing the same to my Micro Mark Mini Mill. WHere did you get your kit if I may ask?

Nice Job
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2010, 02:31:23 PM »
Ok there are several variations on the X2 mill kit...

There's the kit from Sterling Steele...  http://www.stirlingsteele.com/beltdrive.html  which is the same as the one stocked by    http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=2560&category=


and there's the conversion done by Jerry Rollett over on the Yahoo minimill group...His plans are downloadable for free but you may have to join the group.

I used Jerry's plans for my X2 but found there were differences between his dimensions and the dims for my mill, so I had to machine parts on the fly....

Changing to belt drive is the best inprovement that anyone can make to their minimill imho... :thumbup:
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2010, 05:04:33 PM »
Quote from: John Rudd on February 11, 2010, 02:31:23 PM
Changing to belt drive is the best inprovement that anyone can make to their minimill imho... :thumbup:

I second that. The belt drive has gotta be the best mod for the X2, so much quieter and smoother, a higher top speed (almost double the stock speed) and no worries about crunching the gears or flycutting :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:


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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2010, 05:27:59 PM »
Quote from: spuddevans on February 11, 2010, 05:04:33 PM
Quote from: John Rudd on February 11, 2010, 02:31:23 PM
Changing to belt drive is the best inprovement that anyone can make to their minimill imho... :thumbup:

I second that. The belt drive has gotta be the best mod for the X2, so much quieter and smoother, a higher top speed (almost double the stock speed) and no worries about crunching the gears or flycutting :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:


Tim

Tim,

Thanks for the support... :)

Chaps, if anyone wants the plans I have for the JR conversion pm me if you dont want to join the Yahoo group...As the drawings are in the public domain, ( by joining the group) I don't think there's any copyright issue..
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2010, 09:26:06 PM »
I looked at the yahoo group plans and they were not as neat as those by 'Daniel Kemp'.
I found them here:
http://www.hossmachine.info/projects_6.html#belt conversion

It's a fun project to do also.
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Re: Finished the belt drive for the X2
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2010, 07:56:14 AM »
Just as an aside,

I also changed the stock bearings for taper rollers...
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