The illusive Boxford 260vmc

[i2i]

lovely avatar, does it control your keyboard.:heehee:


While i'm away from the machine everything cuts perfectly because it's computer numerically controlled. Mach3 does exactly what i tell it to do everytime i want it to, that's the trick when it's programmed.
But heaven forbid something would fail, as it makes no difference whether you have a tacho, a button for every controllable action and a light to show everything, you wont be there to do anything about it, unless of course you sit there and watch.:confused:

The only usefull thing on the front panel is the E-STOP

[Ricardoco]

Hey C'mon that is a cool avatar!! i made that just to make you smile lol..

[i2i]

it did make me smile.

[Ricardoco]

it did make me smile.

As you've been such a help to me and a good sport over this subject, i thought it only fair i do something for you..:naughty:

Please see attached layout for you're information
It took me ages to design this with you in mind. :twisted:



:rofl:

[Ricardoco]

On a more serious note i2i, do you know what sort of temperature are these SD3 drivers heatsinks supposed to sit at when not doing anything??

[i2i]

they do run fairly hot, you should be able to touch the heatsink. If you're worried you could put a fan in there, some boxfords have a fan as standard.

Just think you could have a temperature controlled fan with a tacho and an led that gets brighter the faster the fan goes, and a digital thermometer for each drive. It'll be like christmas at Blackpool.

PS. i prefer the e-stop at the top.

[Ricardoco]

they do run fairly hot, you should be able to touch the heatsink. If you're worried you could put a fan in there, some boxfords have a fan as standard.

Just think you could have a temperature controlled fan with a tacho and an led that gets brighter the faster the fan goes, and a digital thermometer for each drive. It'll be like christmas at Blackpool.

PS. i prefer the e-stop at the top.

Its funny you should say that, here is a little gadget i got to controll the speed of my dc fans related to ambient enclosure temperature... based on the input from some carefully placed sensors.


I put the E-Stop at the bottom so you could use your hip to activate if your hands were out of action. lol:rofl:

[Ricardoco]

Well i've recieved quite a lot of bits today so i will begin the sensor tomorrow but i will hold on in completing the tacho circuit in the hope that someone comes up with a closed loop design....and.....que irving lol

http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/showth...counter-thread...

dum tee dum tee dum....

Rick

[GeorgeD]

Hey,Rick

Unit here for £22...thatll do nicely for my lathe sir. :dance:
http://medw.co.uk/wiki/index.php?page=Tachometer

[Ricardoco]

Hey,Rick

Unit here for £22...thatll do nicely for my lathe sir. :dance:
http://medw.co.uk/wiki/index.php?page=Tachometer

Now thats nice, Thank you, thats another link for the list lol