DIY Nema23 Motor Mounts

[Lee Roberts]

Hi, I recently built myself some nema23 motor mounts.



I used aluminium plates with counter sunk holes for the tubes and rods to fit into.





It was quite tricky getting the holes lined up correctly and I found the best way was to print the nema23 motor drawing on to some sticky backed paper, then stick the paper to the aluminium plates.



The other way I then tried was to mark out the centre points and drill them with some Centre Drills, both ways worked and I’m still undecided as to what method I prefer but you can see it’s possible to get good results either way, "Just Have AGO”!


Once the whole thing is together it’s really quite strong and doesn’t move at all, if you need to mount your motors then this is a good way to “HAVE AGO” at making your own.



To drill the large hole you can see in the pic above I used a HSS Whole Saw Cutter, this isn’t the best way I know but if like me your limited to what you can use then again this worked!

I would recommend using lots of Oil and air to keep things cool as you’re going to find things start to get HOT!, once you have your hole cut, you will need to clean up your hole edges and so on. I found the sanding drums you can get for a dermal worked well; I even fitted them to my bench drill and used them that way.

Now we have a DIY Motor Mount:




Obviously things can be done better then I have but I just wanted to show people how easy it was to make mine, if you have got better facilities great put them to good use.

Once your machine is up and running you could always redo each plate using your machine, I don’t feel this would be a must as these mounts are solid but I will be making some more using my machine ;-).

I have popped lots of other pics onto my section of the site gallery, so if you’re interested you can view them on this link:

Link: http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/photoplog/index.php?u=4

Any comments would be appreciated!

Cheers,
CM