new member

hi

greetings from billericay

looking forward to benefitting from the experience i see here.

barrie

workshop machines :

harrison m300 lathe

XYZ cnc mill with protoTrak

also have 3 axis cnc router with er16 collets

high speed spindle (24,000 rpm)

Hi Barrie,

Welcome to the forum. You seem to have a well equipped workshop.

Thor

thank you for the welcome Thor .

yes , i have a very good local machinery dealer who takes into consideration my hobby status when pricing .

cheers.

Welcome to forrum

H

thank you Harry

barrie

Welcome to the party ! If you have questions then just ask - someone will be able to help you ! Noel.

thank you noel.

much appreciated

barrie

Welcome Barrie

You are in good company here, either to help or be helped. Most probably the former, judged by your equipment.

Howard

thank you howard

happy to learn and to share . it’s enjoyable and helpful both ways.

barrie

Welcome Barry, that’s great having a dealer like that near you. I used to use a XYZ with Prototrak (2 and 3 axis) at work - great machines which I sorely miss. Really wanted to get one for my home workshop but in the end it was the added cost of having 3 phase installed that was the deal breaker for me.

have fun

Graham

hi graham

i had the same issue with three phase. the company wanted over 12 grand to supply me.

so i went to DrivesDirect and got great service and a reasonable price. i think i paid under £3k.

but unlike small inverters which are “one per machine” this one supplied the entire workshop.

and the xyz is basically a 110v machine so all the controls, the cnc servos work from a 13amp plug top.

Hi Barry, very interesting. That’s a good solution which I will keep in mind. Thanks

Graham

graham

may be you could give me a tip ?

whsts there are no xy locks so i need to run a program to enable and lock the servos to hold position.

thanks

Welcome Barrie, with your equipment, you will be able to give the rest of us advice as well as benifitting from it.

Barry

I haven’t been in the employ of the company where I used the XYZ,s and no longer have access to them or the manuals. Pity or the would be quite a few “homer’s” going through the work shop. I think you must be referring to the small sequence that you can run every now and again to dial out the backlash in the lead screws. Obviously no clamps so just relying on holding torque of servos and minimal backlash.

Graham

thanks Graham

yes that’s exactly it. just a line of code that tells the servos to “brace themselves” for a heavy cut.

cheers

thank you ‘old mart’

im in awe of what can be achieved with engineering ingenuity and limitless patience, two qualities which i see in all the model makers i’ve met.