At 12:13 PM 5/15/2010, you wrote:
If it were my mill, I would look for some 90 (or higher) Volt DC brushed
motors from a treadmill or similar. The robot motors will most likely
have proprietary output shafts and drive requirements, which would be
hard to deal with. A more generic motor would most
On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 07:07 -0400, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote:
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Problem is, those treadmill motors are almost impossible to find
anymore, unless you happen to stumble across a parking lot full of
used treadmills. Surplus Center hasn't had them in stock for almost
a year now.
At 10:50 AM 5/16/2010, you wrote:
On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 07:07 -0400, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote:
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Problem is, those treadmill motors are almost impossible to find
anymore, unless you happen to stumble across a parking lot full of
used treadmills. Surplus Center hasn't had them in
I was thinking of tearing apart an old Fanuc arcmate sr with RJ control -
-or whatever available bot i can get my hands on-
and using the components to re-cnc the wells index 823 mill i have
the mill left factory as a tape N/C deal,
but at some point in its life was stripped of motors and
On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 07:34 -0400, mtg7...@aol.com wrote:
I was thinking of tearing apart an old Fanuc arcmate sr with RJ control -
-or whatever available bot i can get my hands on-
and using the components to re-cnc the wells index 823 mill i have
If it were my mill, I would look for some
