Jeez, time really flys by, doesn't it?
Between my last post here and today, I've gone from working as a machinist, to running my business out of my home shop, to taking a day job working as a...
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Jeez, time really flys by, doesn't it?
Between my last post here and today, I've gone from working as a machinist, to running my business out of my home shop, to taking a day job working as a...
I can create a second "Job" but no "setup".
Assuming the "Job" is the same, it just seems like autodesk has gone to extremes to make this more difficult than it has to be. Even if I select...
Setting up a two-vise job, real simple part to learn more programming and HSMworks quirks.
The part is a 5" milling vise soft jaw, I ran the first bit today and while I goofed and had the chamfer...
Thanks Strawberry.
I'm going to start with Mark T's instruction on the TOD videos, and I just got informed that there's no way in hell we'll ever be allowed to use HSMworks or Fusion at the school...
Took a new job this summer, and have now got sole access to a Haas TM1, a Minimill, and a HL-1 lathe.
The lathe and TM-1 are both old controllers and the lathe is not under power.
I am in the...
This week I'll have a Mycenter 0 delivered, and I will have to convert it to single-phase power. I don't think it will be a difficult job, however I won't know until the machine arrives.
It has...
Check through this.
I suspect your problem is covered on page 35 out of 57.
https://www.harmonicdrive.net/_hd/content/documents1/CSG-CSF_Component.pdf
It is a standard size, however nobody local has any to sell me right now. I can order it in...at an obscene cost.
I'm looking at how to hang the counterweight on the Z-axis too, either I need to...
I still think the welded steel column will be stronger and stiffer in the end. The cast iron pillar was just given to me.
I will eventually do something with it. Also there are cast iron 3" wall...
New thoughts.
I've been given a cast iron column from a Hardinge-Handsvelt sinker EDM. It's 39" from base to the top of the casting, and 10.5" x 8.5" across the column. It does have a big cast in...
Yeah, I think they're the same, but I *KNOW* as soon as I assume they're the same, there will be a machine-crashing difference between the two.
I'm slowly working it out. Not ready to risk a...
In SW when you create the mesh, you select faces that are bonded and assign them a rigid bond or a flexible bond, if flexible you have to designate a LOT of other information so I have every...
If you've had the drive apart, check to be sure the flex spline isn't off-center. If the spline is installed correctly where it only contacts the circular spline 180* apart. If the flex spline is...
Sorry for not updating this thread-I ended up just robbing the face geometry and creating a new file.
The original file is available through Hiwin, I just emailed and asked for a solidworks model...
Still having issues getting the simulation to work out properly.
Found out that my sims aren't accounting for any kind of internal structure in the column-any bracing I install is meshed but isn't...
Yes, you must use a mating taper.
Milling machines normally would not use a self-locking taper like the Morse taper, if you are having a new spindle made for a mill, go with an R8 taper for manual...
AH-HA!
I've been reading the 100N/0.001mm as a deflection of the *column* not at the tool. Considerable difference there.
Yes, the internal braces for the column are steel "doughnuts",...
Lilrex,
I expect about 400lbs of torque on the column. With a 2.5HP spindle motor, the spindle limits the forces here. I computed the loads based on a .5" 4-flute Harvey Tool end mill running...
Peter...this IS the Z axis. There is a reason I'm working on it first.
The material being used is "red granite", not quartz, in the linked article.
Take note also, the simulation shown above is...
Got some more data here.
Added some 3/8" gussets that will clear the ballscrew, and filled the column with epoxy-granite fill, using an 80:20 ratio of aggregate to epoxy. I used the parameters...
I can't edit the posts, so I will re-link the images here directly, Peter.
This is a few views of the column:
https://i.imgur.com/OyXapvc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4eCtyBh.jpg
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Peter-the links are working fine for me. They're direct links to my image hosting, and CNCZone complains that the images are too large if I try to reference them locally. They shouldn't be links,...
Here's a few shots of the column, from a few days ago. I have finished the weld around the base plate, and gotten the two rearmost reinforcing ribs welded in.
https://i.imgur.com/RGiMZSWh.jpg
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I spent some time today tapping on the welded column and pressing my hand against various places to see where the ringing is happening, and using a microphone and laptop to figure resonances. The...
After spending a LOT of time on this today, I've come to the conclusion that nothing I add is going to increase the stiffness or move that first resonance frequency. I can push the 2nd mode and...
Peter, we are in agreement as to the effect of mass on resonant frequency...I do NOT want to add more mass than needed, (increase mass) as this lowers the resonant frequency, exactly as your model...
I have the model above fixed by the bolt holes in the base plate, I grabbed the cylinders that the bolts clamp through and used them as the fixture surface, so the above simulation assumes that there...
Building my new machine, based on waterjet scrap and surplus industrial components. (as you do)
I modeled the column weldment in solidworks, as the materials to hand drove the construction of the...
Got HSMWorks for Solidworks, got it installed, and working 4 years ago and haven't been using it, as most all the parts I am making are legacy product that has been programmed LONG ago. It's time to...
Got more information on these screws.
Two are new, one is *probably* used. These are supposedly for an Okuma MV-40B VMC. 40mm diameter ballscrews.
I'll drop the price to 75$ each, I'm getting...