Originally Posted by Flyinfool On the other hand, there is a power quill feed that could be used for an input point. The power feed input spins at spindle rpm and goes through a significant gear reduction so I would probably need to step up the servo speed and it will still move very slowly. |
A common way is to mount a ball screw parallel to the quill and mount a rigid bar connection between ballscrew and quill, is it possible to modify the existing power feed to accept a ballscrew setup by getting rid of the gearing etc?
Al.