awesome ralph On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 9:59 AM Ralph Stirling < ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu> wrote:
> With all this discussion of rotaries and 4-th axes, > I thought I'd toss in the 4 axis router project I > undertook during the last three weeks for the > purpose of making some small Delrin parts for > a student's engineering senior project. The > parts could not be made on our cnc lathe or > 3 axis mill, so I pulled parts out of the cupboards > in my manufacturing lab, cobbled together > a purpose-built machine and made the first > part yesterday. > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/TYToR6kMfNzPg8Y69 > > Key components are a Taig 5C headstock reused > from another senior project (automatic collet > closer) belt driven from an Automation Direct > brushless servo, and three linear actuators > with NEMA17 steppers attached. The router > motor was borrowed from a friend who had > upgraded to a watercooled ER20 spindle. I > would dearly love to make the same upgrade. > It was painful having that router run for three > hours yesterday even with good ear protectors. > Control is LCNC 2.7 with a Mesa 5I25 and 7I76 > borrowed from a cnc foam cutter project. > > I wouldn't try to cut anything heavier than > Delrin with this machine, but it worked > very well for its intended purpose. > > -- Ralph > > _______________________________________________ > 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
