Excello Mill

[Miller Man]

Hello, Im new to this stuff. I have a older excello Mill, how much play in the crank is to much? And where can i get a new screw and nut? Not shure if these are proper names but if not let me know I want to learn, thanks
Dan

[Al_The_Man]

What model 602? I assume you mean the knee crank?
The last time I obtained parts, it was Ex-cell-o Machine tools
6015 Center Drive, Sterling Heights MI
810-722-1043
fax 810-977-6283
prtsales@ex-cello.com.
I have the 602 manual in PDF if you need it.
Al.

[Miller Man]

If you could send me this PDF that would be much Appreciated!

[Al_The_Man]

Send me a PM with an address to email.
Al.

[Mcgyver]

years ago there was a guy in Toronto who had bought out their old parts stock. once upon a time i knew how to get in touch,but no longer. i mention it though because you might be able to network with used machinery dealers to track him down.

what you need isn't anything proprietary. I replaced my x/y nuts and the y screw. bought the nuts from above mentioned dude just because it was cheaper/easier that buying the bronze, making or buying the acme tap etc and made my own screw. fortunately the long one was in good condition.

although it wouldn't be cheap (but neither will buying from excello), you could easily have the nuts and ground hardened screws made.

[Miller Man]

thanks for the info, I will check into it.

[Miller Man]

thanks for the info, and thanks Al for the PDF of the Exello mill, that is perfect!

[usfwalden]

I just got an Ex-Cell-O spindle wizard myself. It's a 602. That manual could do me a lot of good



Also, I'm investigating retaining the motors and the power supply and drives in the bandit control and using pixie boards to interface them with pc control. I've hit a hurdle of not knowing what the pins are on the drive cards for the connections that currently go to the bandit motor logic card. The wiring between the drives and motors is intuitive. The wiring from the motors I'll need to move over to the pixies seems intiutive enough as well. But I'm not sure how to figure out what the inputs on the drive cards are so I can hook them up to the pixies. All 3 cards share a 16 pin ribon cable with 4 pins common to all cards, 4 pins unique to each card, and the unique pins from the other cards removed on each card's connector. Does anyone have any suggestions on where/how I can find out the pin in on the summit dana bandit drive cards?

Thank you,
Michael

[Mcgyver]

have you tried excello? afaik they're still in business, owned by MAG. may have to do some sweet talking as they haven't made those in a long time but that info's probably sitting in a dusty file cabinet somewhere
http://www.ex-cell-o.com/

[usfwalden]

I've dug into doing the retrofit on my machine and have learned much more about it. It seems the machine casting and spindle drive are the only standard 602 pieces on it. The bigger knee, huge tubular ways, big table, and all the motion controls are Spindle Wizard upgrades though I'm sure they had Ex-Cell-O manufacture the machine pieces.

[Al_The_Man]

I noticed you wanted a manual too, did I send you one?
If not send me an email add by PM.
Al.

[usfwalden]

Yes you did, thank you. It will still be very helpful for the spindle drive information. I'm actually about to use the belt changing directions now. Too bad the only info it gives on the belt is "varispeed belt." I'd make a run out to motion industries before taking it apart if I knew what belt to get.

Originally Posted by Al_The_Man I noticed you wanted a manual too, did I send you one? If not send me an email add by PM. Al.