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Old Tue 05 May 2009, 12:40
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
The second MM was easy, but the building's electrics were noisy #28 - Orlando, FL

Hello all.
Well, a good friend up the road (TIM) has a construction company and has found themselves in the need for a CNC machine for various uses. Being fairly experienced in building the MM, I was able to convince them this was the machine for them.

I have agreed to "mentor" them in their build process and will be tending to the forum duties for Tim along with fairly frequent shop visit's to check on build/fabrication process.

This being my 3rd build to date - I hope to have some fun! Plus with Nils and my existing table as reference it should go a little easier and quicker this time.

The specific's based on their needs:
5' x 10' table
3 axis
2.2 kw spindle
pmdx 122
56V transformer with 12 & 5 volt taps
gecko 203v drives
7,2 Geared OM motors
(the same powertrain and control box as my #5 and Nils Machine)


The component ordering started yesterday along with cutting steel. This should be a quick build as long as all the parts get here in quick fashion.

Sean #5

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Old Tue 05 May 2009, 12:42
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Sean,
Do you ever sleep?
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Old Tue 05 May 2009, 12:44
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Sleep? With my 1 and 3 year old's running around the house I am awake anyway. So why not make use of that awake time!
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Old Tue 05 May 2009, 17:53
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Started fabrication

...A quick start today. All the main table steel cut. The Main beams will get back cut tomorrow.

All the holes in the cross members drilled.

rsz_1jk2_cnc_start.jpg
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Old Fri 15 May 2009, 13:40
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Sean,
Saw your post about your new spindle being ordered. Let us know what model you got and pros and cons versus the porter cable router you are using now. Is that for this new table or your older one?
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Old Fri 15 May 2009, 13:49
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
New Table....old table just fine and happy with a router.
Specs on the new spindle:

Columbo RV73/2 3HP Package (50ft Cables), Hitachi Drive
With 10% Discount (thank you for honoring your April Special price)
Free shipping in the United States

Power requirements: 115VAC/25A or 220VAC/20A
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Old Tue 19 May 2009, 11:03
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
...Cutting down rails yesterday and today. Gosh, I forgot what fun (& messy) it really is

Piece of cake 2nd time around!

Oh yeah - table standing on it's own feet.
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Old Wed 20 May 2009, 09:44
cncb
Just call me: Brian
 
Connecticut
United States of America
bet that columbo spindle cost as much as almost the entire machine any idea what the price tag was on it?
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Old Thu 21 May 2009, 17:05
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Brian,
Actually, Blurry Customs (you can find them in the Market place section of this forum) is running a package special.
For about 2300$, You get a complete 3HP spindle, drive, collet, wrench and Cable package. Best price I have found to date. Plus, very timely customer service and phone help thus far.
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Old Sun 24 May 2009, 17:05
cncb
Just call me: Brian
 
Connecticut
United States of America
you said "drive".. so this includes a vfd? that's a fantastic price!
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Old Mon 25 May 2009, 06:43
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
...and according to UPS, should be here this Wednesday!
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Old Tue 26 May 2009, 04:32
cncb
Just call me: Brian
 
Connecticut
United States of America
lucckyy
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Old Mon 01 June 2009, 14:24
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
New spindle is here! ...and to my surprise, it came with the Delta VFD and not the hitachi.....Thanks Blurry Customs.
Sean
IMG00385.jpg
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Old Mon 01 June 2009, 14:28
blurrycustoms
Just call me: Alex
 
TN
United States of America
Quote:
Originally Posted by smreish View Post
New spindle is here! ...and to my surprise, it came with the Delta VFD and not the hitachi.....Thanks Blurry Customs.
Sean
Attachment 4756
Looks great, enjoy. We are looking forward to seeing it on the machine.

BTW, I thought we had mentioned the upgrade to the Delta. If it's an issue, please let us know, and we'll make it right. Otherwise, enjoy that sensorless vector control on the Delta.
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Old Mon 01 June 2009, 14:31
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Alex,
We talked about it and I forgot I said yes! It's perfectly fine...I prefer the Delta. The difference in cost was minimal for a drive I prefer.

Regards,
Sean
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Old Mon 01 June 2009, 14:37
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Sean,

Nice. I am eager to see it on the new machine and see it in operation.
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Old Mon 01 June 2009, 20:41
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
How is the thermistor handled with the Delta drive?
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Old Tue 02 June 2009, 06:08
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Well, now you have me making some phone calls. I know how it was handled on the Hitachi. I will have to look into it. As you are well aware, the delta VFD-b series in the 2007 < vintage drives handled it fairly oddly. The addition of a series relay may be in order if the RV series Colombo spindle has an accommodation for it. I'll get back to you after some homework.
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Old Tue 02 June 2009, 06:36
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Okay, some answers after talking with the spindle engineer at PDS.
The Internal Thermistor coupler on the Columbo Spindle (yep, has one) is connected to the Delta VFD via terminals DCM and M14. This is designed to fault the drive and initiate a shutdown at 110C. (or roughly 45 degrees F above ambient) Anyone of the Aux contacts can be used an output to trigger another stop. An extra relay and wire it in series with the e-stop circuit to the pmdx or interupt is the ticket. {good thing I have plenty of extra little PCB relays I am using for the proximity circuit for the additional dry contact}

The current Delta VFD has some significant upgrades and changes since the 2008 model year.

I think this answers your question Gerald.
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Old Tue 02 June 2009, 07:26
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Sean, it is this discussion that got me kicked out of the ShopBot community:

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/mes...html#POST41164

followed by:

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/mes...tml?1160501868

and shortly after that they went to Yaskawa drives.

I am still not convinced that the Delta VFD is designed for taking a thermistor over DCM and MI4.
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Old Tue 02 June 2009, 08:03
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Gerald,

Interesting. Didn't your Mother tell you not to question authority figures?
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Old Tue 02 June 2009, 08:04
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
I recall that conversation between you and Eric back in 2007.
I will look further into this - I haven't done anything except open the shipping box.

I use Delta series drives frequently in my line of work for standard machine automation and control, but never for the spindle.

....more to follow.
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Old Tue 16 June 2009, 17:52
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Almost done - again

Interesting.
I uploaded pictures during lunch today and now I can't find any portion of the thread. Well, Anyway. I am almost done with Machine #2. Just wiring the last bits up. Hopefully, I will be cutting before the weekend is over.
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Old Tue 16 June 2009, 18:29
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
rsz_panel.jpg

rsz_table.jpg
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Old Tue 16 June 2009, 22:08
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Sean,
That is some great progress. I really like your control wiring, looks real professional.
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Old Wed 17 June 2009, 02:15
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
I am nervous of those tightly bundled parallel wires, unless they are screened. Is your first control box also like that?
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Old Wed 17 June 2009, 03:12
javeria
Just call me: Irfan #33
 
Bangalore
India
Sean - you do it so fast - it takes the excitement out of the build LOL
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Old Wed 17 June 2009, 08:01
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Gerald,
Of course you noticed that! I caught that after I took the picture home last week!

I already gave the shop the note to fix the routing of wires in the panel.

I think it's already been fixed. I haven't looked in the cabinet since last week.

Sean
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Old Wed 17 June 2009, 08:57
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
OOps,
Yup Gerald is right, very neat but not shielded. That will teach me to comment after midnight.
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Old Wed 17 June 2009, 13:48
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
more photo's of wiring fun
wire-jk-cnc (1).jpg

wire-jk-cnc.jpg

wire-jk-cnc (2).jpg
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