shoptask 3/1 lathe/mill assembly and mods

[HomeCNC]

Wow! Thoes servo motors look exactly the same as the ones I sell. Right down to the 'G' style encoder too.

[Bloy2004]

Jeff:
Although the pictures lack clarity and focus, what you see for the encoder's housing is indeed the G option and none other.
Nice little servo motor units!
John

[Bloy2004]

Did Dan get the motors from the same supplier?

[HomeCNC]

No, Dan has purchased many of my motors from me. I get a factory break on large quantities.

Is there a sticker on the side of the motor that says: C23L55W30M07? If so this is my custom number I had created by the factory for me.

[Bloy2004]

yes, that number, C23-L55W30M07 is on the label after U/T

I could look this up, but what exactly IS the oz/in of these motors?

[HomeCNC]

They are 430 oz/in Peak at 20 amps peak. Terminal voltage is nominal 36 VDC. This means that they will supply 21.5 oz/in per amp given to them

These are the ones I sell with my plans to convert a drill/mill to CNC.

[Bloy2004]

Alright! Now I'm going down to make that Zaxis motor mount.

[Bloy2004]

All three axis servo motors are mounted and functional. Now I suppose a video posted somewhere is obligatory to demonstrate the machine in action actually making something.

[Bloy2004]

Still some changes being made....here's a cowling for the z-axis servo. It was made from the top half of your common propane bottle. Extensions to the pivot points of the hood were added for lifting clearance. Also is Scott Shumate's DRO350. The fixture accepts the case using it's existing screw threads so the second case was easily mounted . The swivel arm holding the completed DRO was $1.00 from a garage sale....it came with an old-time cellular phone ....used to hold phone conveniently in truck/auto.

Why the DRO when CNC is there? I like to do things manually too, and now that Scott's DRO can be used with the servo encoders...... If for no other reason, the fact that I like gadgets!

This was my first operation of the CNC installation.

[BIG AL]

You'll make those boy's back at Shoptrash want extra rice when they see this pic's of your machine! LOOKING GOOD!!!

[Bloy2004]

Here's that Z axis servo motor mount I had mentioned in previous posts. It's just a 3/4" hunk of aluminum squared with the mill, turned and pocketed to allow the servo to recess and achieve pully alignment. the top (unseen) has a flange secured using the existing nema 34 mounting holes. This was my first manual lathe project which enabled the CNC milling system.

[Bloy2004]

Soon the castered station for enclosing the electronics will get under way.... then a shelf under the machine for flooding apparatus and storage.