Yes Sir, correct. I swapped out the other smaller driver. Now I have a question. Since I now have a spare driver. Is there already room on the main board to support a 4th axis? Maybe for a rotary table?
4th axis is coming! But the unit will have its own control box so no need to save any components. It’s always nice to have spares though!
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Any idea of the estimated cost / specs / product availability of the 4th axis Langmuir is working on? I’d love to pull the trigger on that before the big box shows up at my house for the machine itself. Maybe it could be shipped in the same crate.
FALK_MFG … I would think if the post are welded to the sheet metal pan would the addition of the weight of concrete add to the post as to not be coplanar to each other. Just a thought.
Here is another mod: Drain seals printed in a low durometer filament (TPU). Image is V1, I made a V2 that was crap. Attached is V3. make sure to print in TPU.
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Got my hose sprayer hooked up like yours. Used a 45 psi 120v marine fresh water pump.
Small gate valve restricts flow to a manageable flow. Pressure switch keeps it off until you use it.
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wow! @Bigdaddy2166. that’s over kill. I used a Y 3/8 fitting and teed off the sump pump the flood coolant comes with. provides plenty of pressure to wash off the back of the cabinet.
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I worked in a production shop years ago. One of the machines we had the owner fix a garden hose to spray the cabinet with. When you turned on the coolant you better have the sprayer nozzle open or the hose would bust. Then the old mop bucket.
Great Idea! Those drain screens are pretty loose in there. I’m sure if an airgun hit them they would fly out.
What is the advantage of a washdown hose instead of just an airgun to spray away chips? I understand it in a large VMC to washdown chips off walls but I guess I just assumed it’s not going to be needed for a small machine like this? Thoughts?
Using the compressed air in the enclosed cabinet is a flying metal tornado. The wash down works many times better. Clean up is also much easier. The small pump I’m using only has a 3/8 line. It’s not like washing your truck type pressure.
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That flood coolant additive also dries sticky, so compressed air will not remove the chips that have had a chance to dry. It’s like drops of syrup.
I know LS recommends the Universal Lubricoolant, but has anybody had experience with any other product(s) that aren’t so annoyingly sticky?
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Ahhh, that makes sense. I’m adding a shallow well pump for higher PSI compared to the standard pump so I suppose I should add a washdown hose inline as well!
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i use band aid by lenox in all my stuff. doesn’t seem to be very sticky
Probe Lead Cap
Here is an STL file to print a cap for the probe lead that sits on top of the spindle shroud. Not a lot of chips and fluid make it up there, but I thought better to have it capped off when not in use.
Change extension to stl.
Knurled Probe Cap.nc (2.2 MB)
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The 3-prong on the left looks like a 220 30amp. I thought the spec was 220 20amp? I wired 220 20amp receptacle. Do I need to replace my breaker and run 30amp wire?
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Found my “condom”, like yours, in my Ham Radio gear. Rubbery booties for Anderson power pole connectors are very similar to that and also have a snug fit.
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