Hey guys! I put in a late one last nite...machining out a bunch of parts for a big alu transome mount for a motor boat.
It's two plates that act as a sandwich to go over the transome but I made an alu third member for this that snaps into slots in the two outer plates...sorta like a big Lego set.
The plates are 30" long so I had to use my Ohio with the BP M-head to get the travel I needed.
What a cool old machine this thing is now that I have the M-head on it.
This is the first time I've really got to put it to work.
The old M-head is really very handy...thanks Bguns for talkin me into trying it!
I ended up using 7/32 and 3/8" endmills on this project and being alu it needed some pretty good speed.
I had installed the 3/4hp 90V DC motor I got from David Cofer
After using it for a couple hours...I was just tickled with it.
So easy...just a quick turn of the dial and get the speeds I needed.
Nice light motor...lots of power...very smooth!
So...it got me wondering...why don't they put more DC motors on mills and lathes?
Vari speed...good grunt...instant reverse...what's not to like?
If I end up getting to keep my equipment...I'd like to put another DC motor on my lil turret lathe and would sure be into putting one on almost anything else in the future.
So...what am I missing?
Why don't we see more of these?
Russ
It's two plates that act as a sandwich to go over the transome but I made an alu third member for this that snaps into slots in the two outer plates...sorta like a big Lego set.
The plates are 30" long so I had to use my Ohio with the BP M-head to get the travel I needed.
What a cool old machine this thing is now that I have the M-head on it.
This is the first time I've really got to put it to work.
The old M-head is really very handy...thanks Bguns for talkin me into trying it!
I ended up using 7/32 and 3/8" endmills on this project and being alu it needed some pretty good speed.
I had installed the 3/4hp 90V DC motor I got from David Cofer
After using it for a couple hours...I was just tickled with it.
So easy...just a quick turn of the dial and get the speeds I needed.
Nice light motor...lots of power...very smooth!
So...it got me wondering...why don't they put more DC motors on mills and lathes?
Vari speed...good grunt...instant reverse...what's not to like?
If I end up getting to keep my equipment...I'd like to put another DC motor on my lil turret lathe and would sure be into putting one on almost anything else in the future.
So...what am I missing?
Why don't we see more of these?
Russ
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