Why haven't I been building anything? I was off on an Adventure.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
That's looking like a drive unit
Missing a rotor |
Machining a new shaft for the rotor:
Improvised chip deflector for roughing |
nice |
Other side done |
bearing and lock ring test fit |
Next to the stock shaft. Going for a normal press vs the straight knurl on the stock shaft. |
I don't own a 2d printer and didn't plan far enough ahead to print the drawing at work, so this happened |
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024
Stator Assembly
Stators shrink-fit into the housings:
Machining fixture turned into a guide fixture for the shrink-fit operation
Band heater wrapped around the housing to keep it hot while installing the stator:
Borrowed the pneumatic powered hydraulic press at work to make sure the stators didn't get stuck half way down:
3D printed 2-axis flexture kept the stators parallel to the housing but allowed them to center to the housing bore:
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Lathe Spindle Motor Upgrade
Motor bracket laser cut and bent from .188" steel by SendCutSend:
Crufted NEMA-56-size Clearpath servo motor - integrated motor drive, plugs straight into single or 3-phase mains.
1:1 belt to the spindle:
Pile of junk being replaced:
Spin-down comparison vs the original motor from 900 RPM:
Saturday, January 20, 2024
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