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| wheeltapper:
Hi I've been messing around making (bodging) a drive for the x axis on my mini mill ( Chester Conquest). I had an ancient cordless drill, I got it for a pound at a boot sale yonks ago , it had one battery and no charger. I got it working and used it for years before the battery gave up. So I chopped it about and fitted it to the mill table with a coupling. Not very pretty but it works the variable speed control blew up long ago. :zap: I also have an old ( really old) computer power supply that seems to drive it OK. As you can see I removed the three million wires that came from the back and replaced them with a twin lead for 12 volts and ground. the other lead is the remote on/off switch. I'm now waiting for this from E-Bay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271195544065?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 stuff it all in a box and I should be good to go. watch this space for future developments. cheers Roy. |
| Skyrocket:
Nice job Roy,good old car boots eh! I had a bash at something similar myself, it's a bit rough around the edges like me lol |
| wheeltapper:
Hi It shows how old my power supply is, it hasn't got any control wires, just switch it on and away you go. I'm still waiting for the speed control from China but I have fitted a box on the drive motor in anticipation. Iv'e also found a place to hide the power supply. And while I have 12 volts handy I fixed a computer fan on top of the mill motor. I was making a long slow speed cut with a slitting saw and the motor got quite hot. More news when the controller arrives. cheers Roy. |
| tom osselton:
I am going to put one on my mill but am still working on a design. I will be using a power window motor it is 12 volts, and runs at 60 rev's a minute. The holdup right now is I don't know what cutter I need to make the other gears I took it down to a cutter supply shop and they had no clue maybe I'll try my hand at grinding one for a flycutter. |
| Bigbadbugga:
--- Quote from: Skyrocket on August 19, 2013, 11:40:00 AM ---Nice job Roy,good old car boots eh! I had a bash at something similar myself, it's a bit rough around the edges like me lol --- End quote --- I really like that solution. :nrocks: |
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