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No room for such. My garage is worse that Cecil T's shop for crowded. > > On Mar 18, 2019, at 12:50 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> > > wrote: > > > > On Monday 18 March 2019 09:10:04 Todd Zuercher wrote: > >> Don't discount pump heating of the water. Last week I was working > >> on one of our machines that was down with several issues (much > >> larger spindle 19hp). One of the problems was the cooling fan for > >> the water was dead. It was a lower priority than some of the other > >> problems, so I was working on it for a couple of hours with the > >> power on, then went look at the cooler and I was shocked at how > >> warm the water was. Without the spindle running at all, in the time > >> I worked on the machine, the water temp had risen from room temp to > >> about 3 times higher than it normally is with the spindle cutting > >> and the cooling fan working. The fan and radiators are very > >> important on this 5 gallon cooling system. > >> > >> Todd Zuercher > >> P. Graham Dunn Inc. > >> 630 Henry Street > >> Dalton, Ohio 44618 > >> Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > > > Yes, I was somewhat surprised myself when after 3 days, the 3 > > gallons in my tank was up to 38C. Now my pump starts 1/2 second > > after the spindle, and stops 120 seconds after its shut down. And > > just this morning got all the pyvcp tallies working. At least > > showing pump power s/b on, no flow switch. :( > > > > Yesterday, on a Sunday even, saw the usps driver put a box on the > > chair just outside the front door, with a gallon of Kool-mist in it, > > so I discovered just how little suction the mister I bought had. > > Takes more air at a higher pressure than my 2hp AC is comfortable > > with to lift the coolant out of a dishwasher pod bucket sitting on > > the table about 4" below the bed surface. So I suspect I'll have to > > make a shelf on the side of the gantry to set the src container on, > > raising it about 4". The suction hose is also a bit short, so > > moveing the coolant tank with the gantry will help there too. So > > will approaching the mister valve from below, sucking hard enough to > > pull it over the top of the gantry crossbar takes way too much air. > > > > Then last night I plugged in the A table, but it stopped working as > > I believe I'll have to fix the windings order. Not the first time > > as no two motor cables are wired the same so I've had to adjust > > other motors already. And I think I've a hal routine to calibrate > > the rotation scale working by y measureing apos-fb for 100 clicks of > > the home switch. I like to be able to set angles to arc-minutes > > accuracy at least. :) > > > > Anybody interested in that hal code? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ken Strauss <ken.stra...@gmail.com> > >> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 3:03 PM > >> To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' > >> <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Spindle > >> motor coolant advice needed > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Chris Albertson [mailto:albertson.ch...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:44 PM > >>> To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > >>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Spindle motor coolant advice needed > >>> > >>> When I had a coolant tank, for a different purpose, I put > >>> automatic "anti freeze in the water. It is make just for this > >>> purpose and is non-corrosive with materials used in car engines. > >>> > >>> Also, if the water recirculates it will eventually warm up. I put > >>> a 12 volt fan on the tank lid and made it into an evaporative > >>> cooler. Then you top off the tank with new water now and then. If > >>> the water is taking even 25 watts of heat from the system it will > >>> heat up quite a lot unless you rig some kind of cooling. > >> > >> How about using a radiator like > >> https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Radiator-Water-Cooling-Cooler/dp/B0 > >>79D HJ91F/ which is intended to cool CPUs? It comes with mountings > >> for three 120mm muffin fans. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene > > <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > <mailto:Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users> > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
