[Punisher_67]

I am building from scratch a manual electric drive Taig and a CNC Taig , they will be setup as neighbors or side by side . Here is a picture of my old manual electric servo drive and all the accesories . this unit is almost 20 years old and will be retired by these two units once done

Also posted a picture of my CNC mill doing most of the mods

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Here is the start of the twins , concentrating on the drive assemblies , 4 new gates V-belts on there way in the mail

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More work done , Twin A will be the manual electric lathe...the servo motor mounts , drives with anti backlash 32 pitch gear and a machined low profile coupler

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A few more closeups

[cerberes]

Nice setup there. Thanks for sharing.

[Punisher_67]

Thank you.....I am now starting to fabricate the CNC drive assembly

[the4thseal]

what kind of parts are you making with these? or are planning to?

[Punisher_67]

I run Remote Control boats and try to make as many parts as I can , these lathes will really be for nothing specific , more or less just to help me out with the hobby boating

coupler video
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WI0MIzlHE"]YouTube - Birth of a coupler the sequel[/nomedia]

A boating run
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UJ-fZfbtKQ&feature=fvsr"]YouTube - SNIPER EDMONTON FE RUN[/nomedia]

Mill & Lathe making motor water jacket
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoW7rW_EsjY"]YouTube - Milling cooling jacket[/nomedia]

[rowbare]

Very nice work. What motors are you using on the lathes and the mill?

bob

[Punisher_67]

Thank you

The original lathe in post #1 and the CNC mill both have a 2hp ac/dc treadmill motor that uses a variable a/c control for RPM , The mills motor I had the center casing chromed , The a/c controler can be bought on ebay for $20 . The new lathes have a 32 volt dc motor that will take 110ac through a voltage regulator and a rectifier block . I will probably never get close to full power with these since I never have with the old lathe .

The new lathe motors were from a machine at work that was 20 some years old , I completely stripped them down and machined the front and rear face plates and painted the center section black . Apon taking them apart for observation they were extreemly well built and would easily take the task on with ease

Here is where I am now with the CNC twin

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Machined in leadscrew nut , Its a part off of the taig mill along with the leadscrew

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Both CNC steppers mounted with leadscrew

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New one - to - one stepper cogged pulleys and new mount made to add further bracing with the help of the headstock

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The Taig twins setup is done , the first CNC Taig is a leadscrew setup and the second uses the rack and gear setup .

[MynamesKenny19]

wow those are awesome! do you have any updates?? I would love to hear more about your lathes man, fantastic!

[Punisher_67]

wow those are awesome! do you have any updates?? I would love to hear more about your lathes man, fantastic!

Thanks Kenny

I just posted yesterday so thats about as far as I have got with these , there is one more little item I need to do and that is a front and rear rubber squeegee system for the carriage as no bits of metal go under the carriage and table . works great on my manual Taig .

I am writing the G-code to do couplers like in this video . the input shaft holes I will do manually but the coupler bodies will be done with the CNC units .
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WI0MIzlHE"]Birth of a coupler the sequel - YouTube[/ame]

[MynamesKenny19]

I think the rubber would work better than mine, I use a piece of leather, it works pretty well but it could be better. On your leadscrew, which screw do you use, the one for the 2018 mill with stock x axis or the 2019 mill with the 12" X travel?
I like how you mounted your leadscrew, barely did anything to the carriage. Genius! :banana:

[Punisher_67]

I think the rubber would work better than mine, I use a piece of leather, it works pretty well but it could be better. On your leadscrew, which screw do you use, the one for the 2018 mill with stock x axis or the 2019 mill with the 12" X travel?
I like how you mounted your leadscrew, barely did anything to the carriage. Genius! :banana:

It was the leadscrew for the 2019 but I believe that one comes in a short and long length , I opted for the shorter one and still cut it to length as to not hang out to far , then very gently debured the cut end .

[MynamesKenny19]

How did you fix the tailstock end of the screw, just a simple bearing pressed into the plate?

[Punisher_67]

Yes Kenny that is correct but it isn't 100% necessary , It will function just as good without it . the headstock and carriage support is really all that is needed