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
