The cuttoff slide was air over hydrolic to make it move smoother, just get rid of it and use a cut off for a lathe that way you can put a little chamfer on the OD before you part off. Collet closer is air.Hope you have the solenoids for it because they keep the collet closed after the air is released.There is alot of o-rings inside the closer so if the machine has been sitting for a while start putting a few drops of air tool oil down the tubes on the closer every day till you are done with the rest of the machine.
My spindle motor is 5 hp but 3 would be ok if your diameters dont get too big and feedrates stay conservative. Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Cinquino <mcinqu...@gmail.com> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:23 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Hardinge HCNC Retrofit/Rebuild Hello, If anyone is interested I posted some picture of my HCNC project machine. I have started the retro rebuild process. Warning: the pictures my be disturbing to some machine lovers because of all the missing parts...:) http://www.conesusmachinetool.com/1/post/2012/04/hardinge-hcnc-lathe-rebuildretrofit.html Because of the parts I am missing I am going to try to use a DC motor (as suggest by someone on the IRC) or a stepper motor in place of the missing air motor on the tool changer. I am going to start there. I have the axis motors but not sure if I will use them yet. I can just as easily replace them. I am leaning toward Gecko servo drives so if I go that way I will probably replace them because of the voltage limit on those drives. I need a spindle motor. I have a PacSci AC servo motor (1.35KW) and drive. I have not run the numbers to see if it would be a good choice. My gut feeling is that it might be on the small side. If it is I will probably go to a 3phase 3HP with VFD? Not sure what HP it came with. Will build a custom enclosure similar to the mill enclosures I make. I also have the coolant tank and pump and one of the pictures shows a hydraulic panel? I have the over spindle mounted cut off slide? Was that hydraulic? It looks like the collet closer was pneumatic? I will update the blog as I make progress. I appreciate the feedback and help I have gotten so far and hopefully something from this project will benefit others in the future. Oh and of course it will be controlled by LinuxCNC... Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
