On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:35:24 AM Igor Chudov did opine: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:28 PM, gene heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyway, <http://gene.homelinux.net:85/gene/emc> > > new toy is left pix in next to the last row. > > Looks awesome. I still have not completed my high speed spindle.
I put a slightly used Bosch solid carbide 1/4" upcut spiral bit in it to play with this evening, and swept it back & forth over the end of a short stick of white ash, a moderately hard and dense wood. If I only advance it about 1/4 of the diameter, the finish is so smooth I could plate it & use it for a mirror. Absolutely no tear out at the edges of the cut, it will do great for carving tenons in woodworking. I will fault the on-off switch though, that puppy is stiff & not near enough of a finger purchase to slide it, I hope it breaks in before it breaks. No idea if its a PM field or plane universal motor, but I suspect the latter. If it was a PM field, I'd hook the mills speed controller to it, but that would need a 5 amp fuse then, currently the mills own motor is a 2 amp fuse limit. But at 25k rpms, I'd ought to be able to carve at 15-20 ipm as long as its a climb cut. Pretty fast for that toy mill. I was going to buy a Grizzly G0704, but it has disappeared from their web page just this past week. For a kilobuck, that was a heck of a good buy. -- 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) <http://tinyurl.com/ddg5bz> <http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html> The two oldest professions in the world have been ruined by amateurs. -- G.B. Shaw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
