mordalez
Fri 09 January 2009, 10:31
Hello,
It's my first so I would like to say hi to all members :)
I decided I'll start building MechMate, I plan to do V-carving in hard granite so I need spindle with higher power (~6 kW) than you guys use for wood cutting.
The question is that will MechMate handle 17kg+ spindle on its orginal constuction of Z slide?
I understand that gas spring holds spider with spindle (so I need one that will hold my weight setup) but will PK296A2A-SG7.2 motor be able to move z slide when it's so heavy or I need some other way to mount spider (ball screw) or maybe more powerfull motor ?
Some other things I should be aware while building? (or it's impossible to adopt MechMate to work in such hard material ? )
What do you suggest?
It's my first so I would like to say hi to all members :)
I decided I'll start building MechMate, I plan to do V-carving in hard granite so I need spindle with higher power (~6 kW) than you guys use for wood cutting.
The question is that will MechMate handle 17kg+ spindle on its orginal constuction of Z slide?
I understand that gas spring holds spider with spindle (so I need one that will hold my weight setup) but will PK296A2A-SG7.2 motor be able to move z slide when it's so heavy or I need some other way to mount spider (ball screw) or maybe more powerfull motor ?
Some other things I should be aware while building? (or it's impossible to adopt MechMate to work in such hard material ? )
What do you suggest?