On Thursday 06 August 2015 11:33:23 andy pugh wrote: > On 6 August 2015 at 15:12, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Teeny junction boxes for > > cable terminations at the motors and connectors for quick > > disconnects on the power electronics box are still in the bowels of > > China Post, someplace. > > > > Question, since the motors can get quite warm, how do you fix a > > die-cast 1x1x2.5" box to a motor? Most modern glues tend to come > > apart at higher temps. > > You can drill and tap the motor end covers. > It's probably best to remove them to do this. > > I am sure I have seen boxes specifically meant for this that pick up > on the screws holding the motor together. > > My solution was a bit different: > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_yTAiDN3uUH1bGzbZiDfR9MTjNZETYmy >PJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink I crimped a home-made flange onto some > flexible conduit and screwed it to the motor.
That's good too, as is the swarf ejector disk on top of the motor. And I see you used reflective opto's for limit switches too. Are they accurate enough for homing? 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
