David
Romans 3:23
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I ended up picking "Linear Lube" from a nearby company Thompson. I am going to give it a try.
LINEARLUBE - Linear Bearing, Grease, Linearlube (400 ... | Thomson
Im no expert but i think the viscosity would be important or "thicker" grease will not travel as well to each bearing and keep them coated as well as the machine runs. At work the HAAS mill uses a thick liquid weighlube type lubricant. This topic i bet could almost be like politics or religion best judgement always prevails. To spec i would say is important.
David
Romans 3:23
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I hooked up the dust collection system today and Porter Cable router motor. I kept the build simple but plan on a air cooled spindle this winter after i upgrade the shop for a 220v outlet. I am not sure I have the vacuum hose grounded well enough. I need to look more into that. I still need to surface the spoil board and indicate in the router motor yet in relationship to the spoil board.
I ran a quick G code test this evening to test everything and see if i could cut chips ! The machine is alive for sure.
A short video of the profile cut out. I took it easy on the machine for the first few cuts. I'm going about 60 ipm on the feed rate. I will say from just the little bit i have done so far the machine is rigid and i can already tell my Porter Cable router will be the limiting factor of this machine. I have the rigidity but i won't have enough spindle power from the router motor if i really want to cut fast. At this point I am not wanting to cut 250 ipm. I will take it slow for some time to "break in" the machine. I can see 100 ipm or maybe even 150 ipm with this setup easily doing well.
It looks great to see it cutting!! I know you're ready to move on to real projects.
David
Romans 3:23
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Yes, I am. I have turkey calls to make. Thanks for all the emails and help back and forth trading thoughts and ideas. I am really happy with the build so far. We both had some small problems to solve but along the way I think we done ok. Again I admire your electronics knowledge. Learning more of that is on my bucket list for sure.
Nice machine!!!
David
Romans 3:23
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I believe it will work. The NLGI # 2 rating is probably the most important thing when considering the linear bearing grease. Viscosity and the ability to spread throught the bearing housing is the important thing. I spoke to several vendors from HAAS, THK, and Lubriplate about this subject. I don't work for any of them nor do i endorse a specific product. You can spend alot of money on a tube of grease and not improve lubrication of the bearing over say a $20 dollar tube of grease vs a $70 tube of grease. I spoke to THK Linear and they have a direct replacement linear bearing for the Saturn if the need ever arises. They recommended to me "Linear Lube". It's higher than $10 a tube , i think i paid $20 plus some shipping but it goes a long way. You can use it on the ball screw Z axis also.