Hi there!So i bought some things so as to make an electronic leadscrew for my lathe like the one glough 42 makes in his youtube channel . The only thing that it is differet in my setup is the motor....
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Hi there!So i bought some things so as to make an electronic leadscrew for my lathe like the one glough 42 makes in his youtube channel . The only thing that it is differet in my setup is the motor....
This looks like the chineese mini lathe
I have another codec from clogh 42 videos....but can i add it to the feed screw?
I am going to try this idea...maybe you can tell me how you designed the air spring and the plans
Hi there!So i have bought alla the electronic parts for an electronic leadscrew...Fist of all i would like to ask...is there a way to make threads if you attach a servo o the kathe feed screw?Remeber...
Yes i have the one for windows haha....it is bent all over!I will upload a video so as to see the current problems of the lathe!
Hi there!I have tried and found glass beforre but was not flat at all...maybe we dont have float glass where i live..i will post back the results as soon as i read the machine reconditioning and...
Thanks alot! I really like it too!Much time spent on thia oroject and it is not done yet...if i find a way i will scrape the parts needed to become better!
Yeap totaly agree with you with everything said...but isnt my chineese lathe bed more accurate than float glass or granite tile?
I will try to do the same as you did using the minj lathe bed!hooe it works...evebtually i will need the tools but till then i have to try it...many conglatulations on you success!!
Very interesting!! The biggest problem i think is the cross slide that is very stiff in one place and normal to another...what did you use as a surface plate and straight edge? My lathe has a worn...
sorry for taking too long to reply but i didnt see the replies till now!Thanks alot ! right now i have completed the tailstock and it is fanctional but a little bit low...as i see it the machine...
the problem i have is that my lathe has only a feed screw with a slot in it and not a leadscrew so i am thinking of all the ways that it can be done...i found a closed loop stepper driver with a 8 NM...
The machine is almost done and i am trying to convert it to an electronic gearbox so as to be alble to cut threads....Some questions that i would like to be answered if it is possible
Would a 8 Nm...
Progress so far
hi there!Your post is very interesting!I am trying to make this electronic leadscrew too...can you please give me some information regarding the code that Clough42 gives?I cant flash it to the...
Hi there!It doesnt have a pump on it ....with the motors and the vfds i am a little bit confused i will try to read it better maybe i am missing something..i really like te procedure too...i will...
thanks for your answere! Yes in my workshop i have a single phase power and i dont know if the line can hold so much power i will have to test it...well i now have to dismount everything so as to...
haha why you say this? Isnt it a beauty?? :P well for the money i gave it is ok i am an amature that does this as a hobby
So after some cleaning i now have the lathe bed ways cleaned... Maybe someone knows can i run a 5.5 kw three phase motor with a smaller inverter i mean a 2.2 kw inverter?A friend told me i could...
thanks alot!!This is very cheap and if it can work it will save me alot of money!!When i will be ready i will inform you for how its going!Thanks again for the time you spent to guide me!
Than could you maybe show me what sensor will i need to put ti the spindle?I can buy from www.ebay.co.uk I have built a cnc router that can mill aluminium too...but the cnc lathe is not something...
your replies are Gold! Really thank yu!This lathe i am trying to convert doest have a lead screw...it has an anthreaded bar with a slot in it that moves the carriage ...so only a feed screw if you...
Perfectn thanks for helping me alot caus i am a little lost...So i have a pc with mach3 i also can buy db25 breakout board with three dm542 a and three stepper motors 425 oz ...the questions i have...
Wow!!!!I will definately study this thread thanks alot ! I am a noob in lathe cnc and i think this is going to help me!Thanks alot!!!I see you did it this with three stepper motors! Even on the...
Hi there friends So i did it...i bought this lathe...i know i know....but it is a hobby for me and i love to rebuilt things...also i couldnt let it to to scrap...So with the transportation it cost...
dear friend the machine weights 1300 kg...it is very heavy and the price is 0.3 euro for scrap metal ....so 390 euros and i arranged a price for 400 euros even less maybe i dont know..
hello i am curious if someone could help me with adding back gears to lathe.I mean add back gears to a lathe that doesnt have from the factory. I have found a book but cant buy it at the moment and...
well...i was thinking of making a concrete lathe so as to have something to remove metal fast with...i think this i way better tha a concrete lathe homemade and if the guygives it ot me to abetter...
xaxa that was really funny :P liked it xexe!!a friend of mine told me the same thing more or less..:D
thanks for your replies! i use a lathe as a hobby i dont earn money from it...more i would say i spend on it ...i though that from building a milling machine made of concrete or a lathe made of...