Rewiring a mill to auto-start on power?
Posted by
AbbyKatt
on 2005-01-30 06:30:47 UTC
Hi hi All,
I have a bench mill, which uses a combo-start/stop button combo to power
on/power down the mill. I've got a nice relay system bult which can
apply power to the mill and this works. As the mill uses a start-wire
(probably a solonoid?) it will only activate the mill, until I press the
start button, and then it can be shutdown by turning the relay off (PC
side). This is a kind of nice safety feature, which prevents the spindle
starting up when the computer reboots, but it doesn't lend itself well
to CNC, where I have to manually race to press the button in the dwell
time of an M3! :)
I was wondering how I'd go about modding it, so that the computer can
_start_ it too? I'm guessing I don't wire it so that the start-solonoid
is always powered, do I?
Thanks,
Abby
I have a bench mill, which uses a combo-start/stop button combo to power
on/power down the mill. I've got a nice relay system bult which can
apply power to the mill and this works. As the mill uses a start-wire
(probably a solonoid?) it will only activate the mill, until I press the
start button, and then it can be shutdown by turning the relay off (PC
side). This is a kind of nice safety feature, which prevents the spindle
starting up when the computer reboots, but it doesn't lend itself well
to CNC, where I have to manually race to press the button in the dwell
time of an M3! :)
I was wondering how I'd go about modding it, so that the computer can
_start_ it too? I'm guessing I don't wire it so that the start-solonoid
is always powered, do I?
Thanks,
Abby
Discussion Thread
Scott Riddle
2005-01-28 12:08:28 UTC
Power supply options
Roy J. Tellason
2005-01-28 12:38:18 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply options
Alan Marconett
2005-01-28 13:02:47 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Power supply options
Scott Riddle
2005-01-28 13:13:49 UTC
Re: Power supply options
Alan Marconett
2005-01-28 13:31:48 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Power supply options
Scott Riddle
2005-01-28 14:51:52 UTC
Re: Power supply options
Codesuidae
2005-01-28 15:06:25 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Power supply options
knives01us
2005-01-29 02:51:48 UTC
Re: Power supply options / use PWM DC motor controller?
caudlet
2005-01-30 06:03:56 UTC
Re: Power supply options / use PWM DC motor controller?
AbbyKatt
2005-01-30 06:30:47 UTC
Rewiring a mill to auto-start on power?
Stephen Wille Padnos
2005-01-30 08:21:38 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Rewiring a mill to auto-start on power?
Alan Marconett
2005-01-30 13:07:25 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Rewiring a mill to auto-start on power?