Proxxon mf70 spindel/motor coupling?, any good idears?

Hello,

i am going to install a new spindel motor in my little Proxxon mf70 mill, instead of the excisting Proxxon motor, since i think it makes too much noise.

With regards to the coubling between the motor axel and the spindel, are there somebody that has a good idear how that could be made, it is very difficult to get a screwdriver sideways down in the motor housing, and i do not like the plastic/rubber solution Proxxon have done?

Anyone have a smart motor/spindel solution for the Proxxon mf70?

regards

martin

Hello, Martin

I just found this, which might be useful : **LINK**

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:115759

MichaelG.

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Edit: also found this, about CNC, which you may want to comment upon:

https://blog.bachi.net/?p=4929

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 22/11/2020 13:13:37

Sorry to hi-jack your thread, but it seems a good place to post this CNC conversion: 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 22/11/2020 18:26:47

Presumably, it is possible to remove the standard motor and the coupling?

If so, why not make a coupling withe the machine end duplicating the standard coupling, and the motor end machined to suit the new motor.

If the comment about a screwdriver refers to a grubscrew securing the coupling to the machine spindle, Proxxon tightened it, so there must be a way in, somewhere. The problem seems to be finding it!

Could it be that an Allen key is needed rather than a screwdriver? Or maybe it requires a "one off tool".

Howard

Howard,

Please see Fig.3 here: **LINK**

https://images.homedepot-static.com/catalog/pdfImages/52/52cabd16-11cb-491c-9876-4d4b4165b8c4.pdf

MichaelG.

Hello All,

Thank you very much for the answers.
I think I will try to do what you suggest Howard, making a coupling where i dublicate the standard coupling.
The thing i that i do not like the Proxxon standard coupling that actually transfer the energy from motor to spindel via some plastic and rubber parts, but i may be forced to use this solution to get up running.
Thanks again for your kind help everybody.
Martin

There appears to have been at least 3 different designs of coupling used. I found this company when looking to upgrade my MF70 to ER 11 collets. I decided that the price was a bit high and instead I may purchase a plain shank ER11 chuck and machine the top to take the Proxxon coupling.

**LINK**

What is your coupling like? This is mine:

I just respindled mine with a complete high speed spindle.

There are a couple of photos on the last page of this thread:

Link

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=166117&p=4

Dave

Edited By Dave S on 27/11/2020 19:22:34

Michael, Your eyes are far better than my old ones!

It looks as if a hybrid coupling to match motor to machine is going to be the method used.

Perhaps the "soft" coupling, if it is not just a low cost method, may be to lower the natural frequency of the system. But, being a cynic, suspect the former, or a ready source of aftermarket spares sales!.

Howard

Someone mentioned an allen key, which just reminded me of when I had to take my rotary table apart.

No way could I see how to remove the top part from the base, but it turned out that there was a tiny Allen screw holding both together, which could not be reached by a standard Allen key, no room to get the key in place.

The only way was to grind down a key to almost nothing to locate the screw, which could not be seen [maybe you were not supposed to see it, who knows ? ]There may be more stupid ways to do things, but method of holding two simple parts together must be high on the list. The table in question is a HOMGE.

Might be worth looking to see if your job is similar.