Thread: Diy Brushless Spindle
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09-11-2012 #141
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09-11-2012 #142
Erm....no 20,000 is it's limit. What you running a 4000kV motor??!!
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09-11-2012 #143
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09-11-2012 #144
On my next spindle I'm going to cut the housing in layers (done on the Router) and have some water cooling to keep things cool. Looking at work to see what the smallest air blast cooler I can get is...
I've got lots of bearings too, comes from having lots as spares for the RC helis ;)
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09-11-2012 #145air blast cooler
what is it ?
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09-11-2012 #146
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09-11-2012 #147
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18-02-2013 #148
Hello folks,
Many thanks for sharing all this info, it has inspired me to build a spindle based on a 5045 motor & ER11 8mm spindle :-) I have a couple of questions though which I hope arn't too simple !!
- The bearing arrangement is along the lines of: for the chuck/housing interface a pair of Angular Contact (AC) bearings with 4 pre-load washers between them? And for the housing/motor interface a standard roller bearing? Where would be a good place to buy the AC bearings with matching pre-load washers (either UK or eBay).... any spec available so I know what to ask for?
- I'm guessing the AC bearing assembly needs to sit proud of the housing before the cover plate clamps it all in place - how much of the bearing should be proud?
- I am looking at 24V power supplies and wondering if I need to have one large power supply to run both the NEMA17 steppers and the spindle of if I should really split this into 2 suppies with about 5A @ 24V for the steppers and 20A @ 24V for the spindle?
Thanks for any tips :-)
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18-02-2013 #149
belleville washers
708a bearings, these are a bitch to find at the moment so a search for magneto bearings would be my second choice
I'm sure mine has about 1kg of tension (on standard skate bearings) still runs ok but doesn't get used much compared to the larger ones... if your going to hammer it to death angular contacts makes sense and would need even less tension/pre-load than the skate bearings to perform the same task
I run all my spindles at 12v (350w power supply... its never tripped)
the 100A ESC gets pretty hot but the motors are fine at that
if your cutting wood and need the extra speed you will have to stick your neck out and let us know how you get on
I'm guessing the AC bearing assembly needs to sit proud of the housing before the cover plate clamps it all in place
bearings with 4 pre-load washers between them?
you could get really technical and do the maths but you would need to know your typical cutting force triple it, pray to the moon god and add some fairy dust :)
having at least some tension stops the bearings skidding and self destructing but if your cutting force or resonance overcomes the tension you will get a shit finishLast edited by blackburn mark; 18-02-2013 at 07:47 PM.
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18-02-2013 #150
Thanks for getting back to me Mark, much apprecited.
The Magneto Bearing looks ideal and avoids the need to install belleville washers by the looks of it? If going down this route would I use one magneto bearing between the chuck and housing and one standard bearing between the housing and motor?
I am hoping to cut wood but perhaps starting with an old computer ATX power supply will let me feel my way into the power question - sounds like this might be waht you are using.
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