No pics yet. Long day. Too tired. But the motor mount is done and the motor is on the quill drive. The Bridgeport was very reliable today and I am getting to be friends with it. The Trak DRO is behaving too.
Not sure if I made it clear but I decided to mount to the studs coming out of the upper part of the tranny. This makes the assembly a narrower. I also decided to put the motor on the right. This will interfere with the quill handle but this is less to deal with than all the stuff on the left. I'm also trying not to disable the stock quill feed. I'll still have to un-bolt the link to the quill but at least if the CNC craps out I can still get something done in a pinch.
Last week I crashed a screw hanging down from my Kurt vice into the Trak sensor. Broke the mount for the Trak. Got hold of them and they sold me a new mount for $ 45.00 plus tax and shipping. Got it in two days and had it running by Thursday. Yay!
I half busted my 1/4 end mill today but I was able to keep it going long enough to finish the motor bracket. Need to order two more.
I think that's about all the drama for one day!
Next week I need to make the thrust bearing retaining ring and the quill drive will be done. Hopefully by Memorial Day I'll have a CNC mill! Taking the Friday and Tuesday off so I can go full bore on the X & Y drives. I want to at least have the mechanicals done by then.
Later,
-jd