Has any used or found a way to control the spindle speed via, mach 3 and
break out board and some kind of servo motor to a Router Speed Control box?
Has any used or found a way to control the spindle speed via, mach 3 and
break out board and some kind of servo motor to a Router Speed Control box?
You could mount a small stepper to the speed control to turn the dial.
Gerry
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Something I've thought about also. Problem is it takes a full axis away. I want to make an ATC, and to do this I figure I have to use 3 axes. 1 to move the dust shoe up and down, 1 to swing it out of the way and 1 to rotate the tools into position.
Did I read somewhere that control of big dog spindle speed is done with PWM? If so I can make a linear actuator that would use simple small dc servos and this signal.
Steve
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Gerry
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http://www.g-forcecnc.com/jointcam.html
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Thanks, sometimes I can't see the obvious solution.
Steve
DO SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S WRONG!
Our toolchanger at work has each tool mounted to a cylinder that moves it under the spindle, and the dust collection brush on the tool change side is lifted by an air cylinder.
Gerry
UCCNC 2017 Screenset
http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/2017.html
Mach3 2010 Screenset
http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/2010.html
JointCAM - CNC Dovetails & Box Joints
http://www.g-forcecnc.com/jointcam.html
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)