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  #121  
Old Thu 22 April 2010, 21:00
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
Dave,
Thanks for sharing. I am pondering over how much stress is enough to keep the flexible host & Y-car happy.
My MM is cutting & squared. Have not face the spoil board yet due to foreseeable mess by the dust, will do facing once the DC is in operation.
Getting the decal on is harder then building MM... So no number yet but that really doesn't matter to me... Anyhow, I may just resort to cutting a few wooden sign & stick them on...
can't devote much time to work on it lately as work has to get in the way. Moreover, time were chewed up by the CAM software learning curve...
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  #122  
Old Sun 25 April 2010, 10:16
liaoh75
Just call me: David
 
Taibao
Taiwan
Hi Chopper, good to see you back. Did you ever get that roots vac hold down working? I got mine up and running on a 10 HP setup. Not perfect, but for the money spent, one would say it's perfect. Very usable. Anyway, Good to see you back.
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  #123  
Old Fri 21 May 2010, 16:37
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Dust foot done and finally surfaced the table

Well I finally made my dust foot, machined on MM S/N 25 and installed on MM S/N 52. Here are a couple pics.
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  #124  
Old Fri 21 May 2010, 16:53
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Oh, and a quick video of the table surfacing at 500 ipm, probably could have went faster but I wasnt in a hurry and it was my first time surfacing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDNLK2ndis
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  #125  
Old Sun 23 May 2010, 21:53
Rad Racer
Just call me: Wayne #25
 
Minnesota
United States of America
Looks great Dave....fits the router nicely.
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  #126  
Old Thu 02 September 2010, 18:40
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
New 2.2K water cooled spindle

Here are a cpl vids of my new 2.2 Chinese spindle. Just got it hooked up tonight, not on the machine yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urXTQ5yKpDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-govrhvEqMA
Having a friend make a mounting bracket for it, going with 3/4" alum and machined to fit the z-stage, quoted my $40 USD, not bad.
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  #127  
Old Tue 07 September 2010, 13:17
Rad Racer
Just call me: Wayne #25
 
Minnesota
United States of America
Nice and quite.....much better then the router
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  #128  
Old Fri 24 September 2010, 13:47
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Vintage phonograph cover

My dad had an old phonograph and the front decorative grate was broken and missing parts. I scaned in the part of the grate that I had and drew around the good 1/4 that I had left, then mirrored it both ways to get symetrical. Here are a cpl pics, before and finished. I cut it out of 1/4" plywood.
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  #129  
Old Sat 25 September 2010, 04:26
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
Canada
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Nicely done Dave !
May you detail what cutting tools you used to make this happened, especially for those inside end point in the volutes ??
Robert
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  #130  
Old Sat 25 September 2010, 21:32
MetalHead
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Columbiana AL
United States of America
Looks Great !!
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  #131  
Old Sun 26 September 2010, 20:44
domino11
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Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Nice Work!
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  #132  
Old Sun 26 September 2010, 22:55
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
Nice!
What is the size of the work?
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  #133  
Old Thu 30 September 2010, 04:13
gorantec
Just call me: gorantec #59
 
bitola
Macedonia
Quote:
Originally Posted by Drad98_98 View Post
Here are a cpl vids of my new 2.2 Chinese spindle. Just got it hooked up tonight, not on the machine yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urXTQ5yKpDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-govrhvEqMA
Having a friend make a mounting bracket for it, going with 3/4" alum and machined to fit the z-stage, quoted my $40 USD, not bad.
Can you please let me know where did you get this spindle ?
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  #134  
Old Thu 30 September 2010, 13:59
myousry
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alexandria
Egypt
hi gorantec
from this site you can buy your spindle
http://www.kelinginc.net/CNCSpindleandController.html
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  #135  
Old Thu 30 September 2010, 14:01
myousry
Just call me: myousry
 
alexandria
Egypt
or from this site
http://www.motiontek.ca/Spindle.html
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  #136  
Old Thu 30 September 2010, 17:48
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Sorry for the delay guys, havent checked my email in awhile.
Robert: I used a 1/8 upcut endmill. Wanted to use a straight but dont have one so I cut it upside down to minimize lifting of the plys.
Ken: It is 11" x 14.25"
Gorantec: I bought it off Ebay from LovesHappyShopping, around $525 USD total with shipping and received it in less then a week, Very happy with it so far.
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  #137  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 04:49
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
Canada
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Thanks Dave
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  #138  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 07:31
Kenrbass
Just call me: Ken
 
Richmond Tx
United States of America
Robert,

Here is a 3kw air cooled version I got off of ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/3KW-AIR-COOLED-S...item3cb098a68f

I have been running it on the bench for a few days and am fixing to install it.

So fare so good. Got it in 4 days. Seems to run very well.

hint: if you want one offer him 450

Kenneth
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  #139  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 07:38
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Ken,
Does this unit have a fan or is it fed with shop air?
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  #140  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 07:44
Kenrbass
Just call me: Ken
 
Richmond Tx
United States of America
The fan is mounted to the top of the spindle shaft and blows air down through cooling ports when the motor is running.

I ran it 10 hrs straight yesterday on the bench. It got warm, but not to hot to hold.

The vfd comes with a chinese manual, but the guy selling it will email you an english pdf version.
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  #141  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 08:32
smreish
Just call me: Sean - #5, 28, 58 and others
 
Orlando, Florida
United States of America
OH MY....I want one....off to ebay!
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  #142  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 10:01
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
I went with a liquid cooled spindle, way less noise. The only thing I hear is the bit in the wood and the steppers. I can actually hold a conversation while cutting!
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  #143  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 10:23
Kenrbass
Just call me: Ken
 
Richmond Tx
United States of America
With my dust collector and everything else running in my shop, noise it not really an issue. It is about half the volume of my old PC router.

I have been told not to use the pump that comes with the water cooled spindles though. When the pump goes out the spindle dies. The folks I know running them are using pumps for small ponds.

Just FYI.

I hope you have good luck with yours.

Ken
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  #144  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 10:26
danilom
Just call me: Danilo #64
 
Novi Sad
Serbia
I am using spindle from Deitech 2.2kW watercooled, even if the water pump die it would not overheat in a second and die. And it costed 300EUR with shipping. No rust at all on the spindle body like some received their from ebay.
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  #145  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 12:48
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Mine didnt come with a pump, but I am using a small pond pump, seems to work well. Like danilo said it doesnt overheat rapidly, and actually I think it would run quite awhile with just the water in the lines but I am planning on getting a flow meter and hook up an alarm just in case. Speaking of rust, I was told to run a little anti-freeze in the water for corrosion/rust inhibit, what do you guys think?
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  #146  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 13:01
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Does anyone know what the guys in colder climates (like Canada ) would need to do in the winter months? Antifreeze instead of water is a given, but what about running the spindle when the shop is in the 30's? Preheat the coolant?
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  #147  
Old Fri 01 October 2010, 14:55
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Heath,
Im in Minnesota so it gets cold here too. I keep my shop at 50F when im not using it but I was also thinking about using a aqurium (sp?) heater to keep the bearings at operating temp, just not sure what the op temp is for the chinese spindles. Anyone know?
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  #148  
Old Sat 16 October 2010, 17:54
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Etching a Mirror

I did a test on etching a old mirror I had laying around. It was a real cheap mirror and only about 1/8th in thick. Broke the first one using too much tape to hold it down.
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  #149  
Old Sat 16 October 2010, 20:47
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Dave, can we get some more detail on how you did the etching? Looks Interesting!
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  #150  
Old Sun 17 October 2010, 00:34
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Heath,
I used a 60 degree solid carbide bit from Rockler (US) with a .005 depth, 60 IPM @ 17K RPM. I didnt have a big enough piece to make the text look good, the piece is about 2" x 3". I am going to try the wife's good mirror (1/4 thick") this week HOPEFULLY with good results. If you noticed, the etch down the right side is when you dont start the spindle and bring it to x-y zero and not lift the z, no broken miror or bit. I will post pics of the good mirror if it turns out good and she doesnt kill me lol.

P.S. Anyone notice the font?
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