Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Request for CNC lathe enclosure and control panel ideas

hi,

i am not an experienced machinist, but think i understand Your problem.

would it be a silly idea to hang the control from the ceiling or some
apropriate framing. i could be made like those lamps that can be tossed
up and stay there, and pulled down and stay there. the bearer on the
ceiling/frame could even have a sliding component that allows the
control panel to be slid to the sides.

with the trunk door arrangement you could slide the control up (and
maybe side), open the trunk, pull the control back. even easyer with the
sliding door version.

regards,

vajk


Jon Elson wrote:

>
> Kim Lux wrote:
>
>
>>Hi people.
>>
>>We've got a retrofitted 13x40 lathe. Geckos, ballscrews, coolant,
>>servos, turbocnc etc.
>>
>>It works great except that:
>>
>>a) While operating it throws debris (mostly metal cuttings) up to 8 feet
>
>>from the lathe. Yes, we are using chip breaking inserts.
>
>>b) We need a better way to mount the CNC control panel, ie 17" LCD,
>>feedwheels and keyboard.
>>
>>Firstly, we need some sort of total enclosure. I've seen the sliding
>>door type, but don't like it because it limits the accessibility of the
>>lathe bed.
>>
>
> If you had two wrap-around sliding doors, that ran on tracks parallel to the
> bed, and were made so that one would roll over the headstock and the other
> over the tailstock, you could roll them both all the way out, leaving
> the whole lathe exposed when working on it. These doors would have
> a front, top and back, with windows in the front.
>
>
>>It is like we need the control panel and LCD mounted in different places
>>at different times:
>>
>>
>>
>
> I like this idea, too. I think a box with the various controls could be
> made light
> enough that the operator could hold it on his lap, or it could be hung from
> pairs of hooks on the enclosure. Maybe put the hooks in several places
> so the pendant could be put wherever the operator found it most useful
> for that particular operation.
>
> Jon
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