Re: pictures of RF-45 CNC on onelist web space

Dan, thanks for more pictures of your machine, of course that leads
to questions.... It looks in the picture taken from the rear quarter
that you have a drive motor on the quill as well as the column, is
that the case?? Also you mentioned in an earlier post quite a while
back that you used servo motors that you salvaged from something else
(maybe a big tape drive???), can you give me an idea how much motor I
need to come up with when I finally start converting my RF-45?
Thanks
Terry May

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Dan Falck <dfalck@s...> wrote:
> I uploaded some pictures of my RF-45 mill/drill (really a mini bed
mill) to
> the CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO site on onelist. This is sort of a case study,
since I
> did this mill with the help of the cad/cam/edm group. If you look
through
> the archives from about last August, you might pick up on the
discussion.
> Pete bought one of these machines too. Mine is controlled with a
Servo
> Lite system from Dan Mauch. I really like this a lot more that
steppers,
> it's a lot smoother and more powerful than my 5 amp stepper system
on my
> other mill/drill. The software that runs it is EMC, you can
learn more
> about this at the web site that we have started at:
www.linuxcnc.org
> The head is heavy enough that I wanted a counterbalance, so you can
see
> that I used door springs and door closers tied to chain and
sprocket over
> the top of the column. Sorry for the 90 degree out of kilter shot.
>
> The pic of engraving in mother of pearl, is something that I had to
do the
> other night for an awards ceremony. I engrave brass and mother of
pearl,
> and mill aluminum, plastic, and brass with this machine.
> I am constantly tinkering with this machine and having a lot of fun
with
> it.
>
> Dan