Home Shop Organization- Roll Around tool/ PC
Posted by
Dan Mauch
on 2001-10-27 10:43:41 UTC
I am not claiming to be the most organized guy and it seems like
my shop is always a mess. Every day I clean and straighten things up
only to find that I got everything back out a few hours later. Even
worse, a few months back while I was running my servo driven cnc
imported mill, the draw bar wrench I left on my mill table fell and
knocked the encoder cable off the servo motor. Guess What? You are
right! The Y axis took off like a bat out of hell. I manage to hit the
emergency off switch but the direction of the travel was shortest in the
-Y direction. The Y axis jammed against the stops, blew the fuse in my
servo amp case and managed to loosen the ball nut adapter. This was the
second time in three months something happened like this had occurred
and caused me to reflect on how I ran various machines when I was an
apprentice machinist in a Naval Shipyard Machine Shop. I remembered in
those days that each apprentice was issued a roll around tool cart for
our tool chests. This cart was big enough to hold a machinist tool chest
and had enough table surface for placing the hand tools need for any
particular setup/machine job that we were accomplishing. So I started to
think about the accidents that I had and realized that would be a good
solution. So I purchased a Kobalt roll around tool chest that was on
sale at Lowe's. The unit was modified with the addition of some
rectangular tubing that was bolted to the back. This provided a base for
my PC, monitor and servo control case. The top surface is large enough
for a standard keyboard and mouse to fit on it. Plus it has spaces for
my oil can, tap magic, chip brush, calculator, draw bar wrench, coffee
cup and other generally used items. The drawers have plenty of room in
them for just about anything you would want to use them for. The only
problem with this was that when the cabinet was empty the center of
gravity was a bit high but once I added a rotary table and a few other
heavy items to the storage area in the base it became very stable. Now I
have a place for everything and everything is in its place. Best off all
when I am going to run the machine I can roll the cart out to where I
want to operate the machine from and when I'm done I can roll the cart
out of the way so I can still put my car in my garage.
I will post some pictures in the file section in a day or two
BTW I have a November sale starting early for this group. see
http://www.seanet.com/~dmauch/Whatnew.htm
my shop is always a mess. Every day I clean and straighten things up
only to find that I got everything back out a few hours later. Even
worse, a few months back while I was running my servo driven cnc
imported mill, the draw bar wrench I left on my mill table fell and
knocked the encoder cable off the servo motor. Guess What? You are
right! The Y axis took off like a bat out of hell. I manage to hit the
emergency off switch but the direction of the travel was shortest in the
-Y direction. The Y axis jammed against the stops, blew the fuse in my
servo amp case and managed to loosen the ball nut adapter. This was the
second time in three months something happened like this had occurred
and caused me to reflect on how I ran various machines when I was an
apprentice machinist in a Naval Shipyard Machine Shop. I remembered in
those days that each apprentice was issued a roll around tool cart for
our tool chests. This cart was big enough to hold a machinist tool chest
and had enough table surface for placing the hand tools need for any
particular setup/machine job that we were accomplishing. So I started to
think about the accidents that I had and realized that would be a good
solution. So I purchased a Kobalt roll around tool chest that was on
sale at Lowe's. The unit was modified with the addition of some
rectangular tubing that was bolted to the back. This provided a base for
my PC, monitor and servo control case. The top surface is large enough
for a standard keyboard and mouse to fit on it. Plus it has spaces for
my oil can, tap magic, chip brush, calculator, draw bar wrench, coffee
cup and other generally used items. The drawers have plenty of room in
them for just about anything you would want to use them for. The only
problem with this was that when the cabinet was empty the center of
gravity was a bit high but once I added a rotary table and a few other
heavy items to the storage area in the base it became very stable. Now I
have a place for everything and everything is in its place. Best off all
when I am going to run the machine I can roll the cart out to where I
want to operate the machine from and when I'm done I can roll the cart
out of the way so I can still put my car in my garage.
I will post some pictures in the file section in a day or two
BTW I have a November sale starting early for this group. see
http://www.seanet.com/~dmauch/Whatnew.htm
Discussion Thread
npalen@n...
2001-10-27 08:38:34 UTC
CNC HOT WIRE FOAM CUTTING
npalen@n...
2001-10-27 08:40:55 UTC
CNC HOT WIRE FOAM CUTTING
ccs@m...
2001-10-27 08:53:32 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC HOT WIRE FOAM CUTTING
Dan Mauch
2001-10-27 10:43:41 UTC
Home Shop Organization- Roll Around tool/ PC
Robert Adams
2001-10-27 12:03:57 UTC
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Tim Goldstein
2001-10-27 12:38:59 UTC
RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie introduction/Questions
Robert Adams
2001-10-27 13:03:53 UTC
RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie introduction/Questions
Tim Goldstein
2001-10-27 13:19:26 UTC
RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Newbie introduction/Questions
npalen@n...
2001-10-27 14:03:38 UTC
Re: CNC HOT WIRE FOAM CUTTING
jesse
2001-10-27 16:12:37 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC HOT WIRE FOAM CUTTING
Tom Murray
2001-10-27 21:16:29 UTC
Re: CNC HOT WIRE FOAM CUTTING
Andrew Werby
2001-10-28 13:34:04 UTC
Re: CNC HOT WIRE FOAM CUTTING