A good make from near me (30 miles ish,) I imagine a cnced version would be useful
Dave On 06/10/2015, Marshland Engineering <marshl...@marshland.co.nz> wrote: > I've just purchased an old but good Jones and Shipman grinder. While > stripping > it all for sand blasting and repainting, it looks like a great candidate > for > CNCing. CNC the headstock rotation and the grinder forward/backward travel. > > > See here (Not mine) > > http://www.excellmachine.com/products/cylindrical-grinders/ > > The headstock only needs to turn at maybe 10 RPM, so a 300 - 500 watt motor > should do the job, as the grinder only takes very small cuts in the part. > The > main grinding head (80KG or so) will need a bit more. > > I can still use the automatic table travel and use a micro switch to > increment > the grinder travel for longer parts. > > I would like to eventually grind engine camshafts and I think this will do > the > job. > > Any comments ? > > Cheers Wallace > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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
