JasonM
27-10-2009, 12:25 PM
After reading Robin Hewitt's post about his Warco mill drill conversion I started wondering if there is an easy way to incorporate a z-axis lock into my mill / drill conversion, I've got a Rong Fu that looks identical to the Warco.
Rather than using an electrovalve and pneumatic set up, as Robin has done, is it possible to use a shot bolt solenoid fitted to press directly against the spindle sleeve?
Ideally I would like to control the solenoid via a diycnc.com system 4 board, which has two spare outputs, one of which I currently intend to use for a motor on/off relay signal. As an alternative to tying up the other board output I'm thinking that it might be possible to trigger the solenoid to only activate when the z-axis is inactive (probably best to ask Roy at diycnc about that one)?
Rather than using an electrovalve and pneumatic set up, as Robin has done, is it possible to use a shot bolt solenoid fitted to press directly against the spindle sleeve?
Ideally I would like to control the solenoid via a diycnc.com system 4 board, which has two spare outputs, one of which I currently intend to use for a motor on/off relay signal. As an alternative to tying up the other board output I'm thinking that it might be possible to trigger the solenoid to only activate when the z-axis is inactive (probably best to ask Roy at diycnc about that one)?