On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 21:23:11 -0500 gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > Rather than inline the carriage drive screw, with will leave the motor > hanging out quite a ways on the left end of this lathe, I could save about > 3" if I mounted the motor to the bed on another piece of 1/4" alu plate, > such that a gear on the motor shaft would engage a gear on the lead screw. > > I bought a set of steel change gears before I got the bug to put motors on > this thing, so it looks as if I can drive a 65T on the lead screw with a > 35T on the motor, an 8 wire 425 that says 5 amps on it, but I suspect that > is a per coil, one at a time rating. I am only using about 2.40 amps on > the Z axis for the mill and it certainly seems to be enough when the coils > are wired in series. I can put 155 lbs on a bath scale with it, which is a > heck of an improvement over that same motor driving the old, back of the > post screw and tapping the motor out at 5 lbs showing on the same scale. > > Anyway, is there such a 'hub' I can buy, or am I doomed to try & make it?
Hi Gene: For years I was unable to make things like that, if u need some one to make it, and can't do it your self, I will help. I can do castings and machine stuff like that and it's fun! show me a drawing or hand sketch. Bill WA0WWN > > Thanks guys. > > Cheers, Gene > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> > In those days he was wiser than he is now -- he used to frequently take > my advice. > -- Winston Churchill > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
