My KX3, tweaks and various stuff

[Guldberg]

Thank you guys. If I had to do it again i would change a lot of things. Mainly I would have the sheetmetal lasercut and bend and just bolt it together instead of the tube structure ive made now.

Anyway, now the machine is at the point where i can use it again. After some milling today with flood coolant it became very clear why you need an enclosure:-)

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What I was cutting was the new "bars" for the power drawbar. It now works perfectly. Now if i only had some money to buy some er collet chucks...

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[digits]

That looks really great Guildberg!

How many disc-springs do you have on that power-drawbar, and where did you find them? I know they're readliy available in the US, but I haven't seen anyone selling them online in the UK...

Also, you said you adjusted the limit switches to get a bit more travel - what do you get now?

Cheers.

[Starleper1]

What gage sheet metal did you use?

[Guldberg]

10 or 12 discsprings as far as I remember. The more you can fit there, the better. They are stacked to just increase travel, not to get more travel but to only work in top of the force curve,

I have to get back to you regarding the travel, but it wasnt really anything great. More like I got the travel the brochure promised:-)

I used 1mm sheets, mainly because thats the maximum our metal shear can handle. Also I was limited to 1m of cutting and bending. I really could have needed some larger equipment for this job, but then again couldn you always.

I think 2mm would be appropriate to use, then you could avoid the tube structure

[digits]

Thanks Guildberg!

I imagine your tubular frame probably does a good job preventing your sheet metal from acting like a giant musical instrument! Flappy sheet metal can make chatter audible from the next timezone

[Guldberg]

Good point. But if you look at the real VMCs, the enclosure is just sheetmetal bolted together, so somehow it must be possible to make a structure stiff enough

[Guldberg]

Hurray. I got a not only one, but two jobs. Now comes the fine art of choosing the right job. Im leaning forward to take the job as engineer in maintenance on a garbage incineration plant. Only downside compared to the other job is that it pays 1000$ less a month before taxes. But what the heck, money isnt anything:-)

Anyway, soon there will be money to do some serious purchase of tools etc. Hurray again

[Teyber12]

congrats dude!

[Willyb]

Very nice Stand. You have built a good looking CNC mill. Keep up the good work.

Willy

[Guldberg]

Made a fixture for some parts im making for the lathe projects. Had to hand tap it, but drilling the holes was almost too easy. Bought a whole range of NC drills, so chamfering and pilot drilling is done in one operation

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[ROV CNC]

WOW looks great.
I dont understad what the power drawbar is for ? yup im a newbie.
Thanks for linking me here, i will be watching intensly
you say you got the unit direct ? from?
Keep up the nice work

ROV

[Starleper1]

It is to make tool changes faster.