On Apr 11, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 22:32 +0200, Dirk wrote: > ... snip >> Hmm, these motors, and the SCR too, look interesting. But I have had >> my share from customs when I bought stuff in the US. And although >> these motors don't seem to be expensive, I don't know how shipping >> will turn out. > > What area of the world are you located?
I am on the map. Alex and me are the only ones in Europe. > Part of the fun is in making > what you have on hand work. I have old printers, vacuum cleaners, car > parts, etc. on hand waiting to be reborn into something else. My > neighbors think I have way too much of this stuff. > Over the years I built a reputation at work that I can use anything. But unfortunately there was never a surplus spindle. Or something which could be used for it. > ... snip >> I have improved on that. See the pictures from the link above. This >> z- >> stage works pretty good. >> >> Dirk > > Your Z looks like a big improvement. I was thinking you could replace > the round column with a square one like this: > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/93800-93899/93885.gif The stage I have was a leftover from work. :-) I found some HF spindles. I like that they are really compact. I don't like the price. But what I really see as a problem is that they only have a limited speedrange. From very fast to ultra fast. You need very small carbide cutters with that. Another thing that might be an option is a 3 phase motor with a frequency controller. The controller won't be cheap, but I guess the motor won't be expensive or hard to find. Dirk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
