Thread: Alpha Zoot ... new aussie machine on the way!

Always a good idea to get the alignment as close as possible.

Peter has a couple of sizes. Was the one that failed small?

I happen to have a 1/4 by 1/4 lovejoy sitting on my desk. Do you want me to put it in the post?

Greg

Greg,
Thanks for the offer, much appreciated. But I am connecting the 1/4" motor shaft to an 8mm ballscrew end, so would need two different hubs (I think!).

Cheers,

Alan

That is not an issue. I just put it in the lathe and take it out to 8mm.

Greg

Hi Allan,
The detail of your work is great - even down to shaped brackets for the cable tray.

With my 1.5kw air cooled spindle only 3 wires actually connect to the spindle so the 4th wire is presumably an earth. I am proposing to connect this to the Z axis plate, but as this is just a general earth, does it have to be shielded? If not then I assume that I could just buy 3 core shielded for the spindle and run the earth as a separate wire back to the main earthing point. Would the shielding be suitable as the earth connection?

Help,

Alan

I wouldn't recommend using shielding as the earthing. Your better option is to run a dedicated earth cable to the metal parts of the cnc including your z axis. As long as everything is metals and not insulated from each other it will save you having to buy 4 core cable and probably safer.

Just an opinion though.

Daniel

Rod,
I am pleased that you noticed my cable tray bracket ... have attached a close up!!

Cheers,

Alan

Alan,

is that bought cable tray or did you make it using the files from the zone that was linked from this site a couple of months ago.

If bought - how much and where from please, but this also goes for others please for suppliers

PS - really nice work and keep up the progress. I know how hard it is to get a couple of hours straight running on a project - consecutively that is.

/M

eBay seller linearmotionbearings2008 has 'drag chain' listed for sale.

Hhi Alan,
The signature series tray support.
What is the motif?
This level of detail does make a difference and makes the machine look more professional.

My logo is a stylised tree (or if you look at it after a couple of chardonays, it could be a leaf) ... no specific concept ... I just liked it!!

As far as the cable chain is concerned, Geoff got it in one ... Chai from Linear Motion bearings. I can't remember the price and have hidden all of my invoices because I didn't want to know how much I had spent on my 'modest price table', at least that it what I originally called it when I started out!!!

Cheers,

Alan

Just so that people don't think that my build has come to a complete stop, I have posted a couple of times to other threads ... such as ...
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showpo...7&postcount=15 and https://www.woodworkforums.com/showpo...3&postcount=24.

How do people do those nice links where you just click "here" rather than all the www mumbo above?

I have fitted a couple of things onto my Z axis ... one is an alum tube which keeps my air blower pipe nice and tidy and the other is an acrylic block with my cross hairs laser installed. When I bought the cross hair lasers, I think it was Greg said that you need to buy a few as their focus is problematical ... well I bought 3 tested them all and got one which is in reasonable focus.

Cheers,

Alan

Try this here

Hey Alan,

Machine is looking very nice, especially your z axis. Like the way the air blower is out of the way.

Daniel