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EZTrak spindle sense

Posted by stratton@m...
on 2000-10-10 07:27:05 UTC
I'm preparing to fit an auxialary air spindle to the Bridgeport EZTrak
DX cnc mill, and need to figure out a way to make the control run with
the main spindle turned off. After looking over the circuit diagrams,
it seems it would be a simple matter to add a switch in parallel with
the contacts on the spindle forward/reverse relays which signal the
computer that the spindle is running. I'll probably make this same
switch activate a solenoid valve to turn on the air to the high speed
spindle.

My question: anyone done this? Anyone come up with another method,
that perhaps doesn't require drilling holes in the electronics
enclosure to run new wires?

Thanks,

Chris

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Discussion Thread

stratton@m... 2000-10-10 07:27:05 UTC EZTrak spindle sense Darrell 2000-10-10 08:25:19 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EZTrak spindle sense Jon Elson 2000-10-10 12:32:02 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EZTrak spindle sense