On Monday, January 16, 2012 04:29:38 PM Jon Elson did opine: > a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: > > Hi > > i there spindle motor and motor drive that can be better used for > > tapping? Problem with use tap is that spindle motor can easy crash > > tap and after that extra charge - + equipment - to remove broke tap > > from hole. > > I have been using rigid tapping with EMC2 for almost 2 years. It works > amazingly well. > You do have to be sure the tap will not reach the bottom of the hole. > There is no system > I can think of that can stop the motor quickly enough if this happens, > and even using > a torque-limiting clutch will not prevent all catastrophes. > > Jon That was when I learned about EDM to remove the taps. :) Slow, but does the job without hurting the hole. I have since built a better PSU for that, works nicely but you can hear it running blocks away, very _VERY_ noisy, estimated 140db inside the teeny shop I have.
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