Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: 2 1/4 Makita Router

I'm not real big on electronics but why couldn't you
get a larger external relay and turn it on / off with
the relay you have now (if relay now won't run 11 amps
continous?). It'd beat turning off / on manually.
Darren Lucke


--- fortyfingers@... wrote:

>
> I haven't used the Makita however I have been using
> a Hitachi m12v which is
> comparable. I've been doing this for a year and a
> half. Variable speed from
> 6 to 25 K rpm. I'm cutting mostly birch plywood but
> also have done alot of
> cutting of solid woods. My router is 11 amp. which
> makes for a drawback as
> the relay on the PMDX-121 Breakout board is only 10
> amp. Therefore I have been
> manually turning the router on/off at the
> beginning/end of cycles. Perhaps
> someone out there knows of a work around that would
> let me use M3/m4 and M5
> commands for turning the spindle on/off.
>
> Somewhat related but slightly off topic is machining
> aluminum with the
> router. Does anyone know of a good place to go to,
> to get info about feed
> speeds, depth of cut and cutters for this? I have a
> couple of modifications I'd
> like to make to my frame to allow working beyond the
> end of the x axis so that I
> could machine dovetails etc.
>
> Thanks all, for two years of education
> Sam
>
>
>
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