We enjoy the little mill small machinery. Nice to see your mill and this conversion. Thank you for the share, we are always learning from others. We are both happy you are, per your description, heading to more detailed in-depth sharing, nice approach. Lance & Patrick.
Nice work Tom. I'm very interested to see the clutch/gearing linked up. I need to do similar to my mill at some point. Hadn't really considered using a stepper, but I can definitely see some benefits. Cheers, Craig
I would like to make a power feed at some point for my mill as well, never thought of using an Arduino control though. Giving me food for thought, thanks for sharing!
Nice project - got a list of materials you used. I under spec'd my stepper the last time and it was too wimpy. Great idea. Great editing per usual. _Dan_
Only just saw that I missed this one I used a 3 Nm stepper It will be driving through gears and a timing belt (1:1 though no gear reduction). We'll see how it goes Planning to get a coding video out about 2 weeks from now, I'll include equipment in that video
G’day Tommy hey how many illegal height trucks have hit the bridge you knocked off the sign from;-) I know nothing of electronics but the grounding of the spindle to workpiece was interesting, I’ve seen a few CNC machines cutting aluminium but not one with a plate chasing the spindle, it’s like a dog chasing it’s tail, what happens when it catches up grrr Well presented, cheers. Peter
Yeah I've never heard of this router issue before. I'd say it's because my electronics are not well shielded I had to baby sit that plate to makes sure it didn't get caught up, I'm thinking I'll make a small brushed wire on the back side of the spindle that can't get caught
Cool project mate ! I need to build one for the Y axis on my mill , already have power feed on the X axis and Quill so once i get the Y axis fitted i won't have to wind a handle again! You could fit an encoder on the stepper so you can use the Arduino to display the feed rate the code is just a modified tacho sketch and displays it on an lcd
@@TomMakeHere You can get cheap encoders off ebay , i used a second hand Baumer encoder on my spindle feed unit ( a copy of the one Stefan gotteswinter made and showed in one of his videos ) but the ones on ebay look the same as the baumer.
TommyGun Machining cool! Just whenever you get around to it would be awesome! Btw, are you engineer because you seem waaay too sharp to be a weekend warrior type? Lastly, if you ever got a Patreon page going, I’d back ya. 🤙 Cheers from southern(ish), CA.
Ok that makes a couple now, I will look at doing something in the next couple of weeks. Ps did your cat walk over your keyboard when you were creating your account name? :)
@@TomMakeHere I actually bought an Optimum BF20LV yesterday. Hence, why I was looking at your QCTP stuff. Love your content mate. I have watched a lot of your stuff during breaks today!
@@TomMakeHere Yup! They're loads of fun. Ebay. By the way, after watching Stefan's video, I had a dream. A unicorn came to me and said "Tell TommyGun he needs a surface grinder." Is that worth 10%?
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We enjoy the little mill small machinery. Nice to see your mill and this conversion.
Thank you for the share, we are always learning from others. We are both happy you are, per your description, heading to more detailed in-depth sharing, nice approach.
Lance & Patrick.
Thanks for watching guys
Great idea. And Edvard Grieg makes it even better.
Thanks for watching :)
Awesome! Looking forward to more! :)
Plenty more on the way!
Nice work Tom. I'm very interested to see the clutch/gearing linked up. I need to do similar to my mill at some point. Hadn't really considered using a stepper, but I can definitely see some benefits. Cheers, Craig
I would like to make a power feed at some point for my mill as well, never thought of using an Arduino control though. Giving me food for thought, thanks for sharing!
Yeah I'm really excited for the semi automation it offers
Thanks for watching
I bet there aren't many road signs near where you live lately.
Funny thing is I take it down and a week later there is a new one to get!
Nah one of the advantages of working in the construction industry
John some of the signs need to be removed permanently
Just ridiculous how many between sydney and Melbourne
I’d love to do this same thing for my mini mill.
Yes, do it if you know what you're doing because mill machine auto feeders are so expensive. They know we have no option but buy them.
Excellent work. Any chance of a wiring diagram.
Nice project - got a list of materials you used. I under spec'd my stepper the last time and it was too wimpy.
Great idea. Great editing per usual.
_Dan_
Only just saw that I missed this one
I used a 3 Nm stepper It will be driving through gears and a timing belt (1:1 though no gear reduction). We'll see how it goes
Planning to get a coding video out about 2 weeks from now, I'll include equipment in that video
That was great 😊. I'm trying to determine if I wanna go that route or buy a standard power feed. Mostly just to save some cash though lol.
Cheers! 👍😁👍
Thanks. Unfortunately I broke some wires so that powerfeed is currently out of action lol
New subscriber from tips blitz 2019. Glad I found your channel. You’ve got a lot of cool content. 🤙
Any chance you could upload the coding and wiring diagram I'm trying to do manual control for my X axis on my mill I can't by any controller locally
send me an email and I can flick you the code
@@TomMakeHere I just sent an email also asking :) Really appreciate it. :)
Thank you that’s cool I needed someone to explain it like that cheers
Glad it helped
Hello from Norway. Looks good. Will follow you on that . I have a smaller (chinese) mill. Planning to do the same. Type of clutch? Carl
Thanks for watching!
It will be a dog clutch actuated by an offset cam
G’day Tommy hey how many illegal height trucks have hit the bridge you knocked off the sign from;-)
I know nothing of electronics but the grounding of the spindle to workpiece was interesting, I’ve seen a few CNC machines cutting aluminium but not one with a plate chasing the spindle, it’s like a dog chasing it’s tail, what happens when it catches up grrr
Well presented, cheers.
Peter
Yeah I've never heard of this router issue before. I'd say it's because my electronics are not well shielded
I had to baby sit that plate to makes sure it didn't get caught up, I'm thinking I'll make a small brushed wire on the back side of the spindle that can't get caught
very interesting, I would be interested in the coding etc ..cheers from the uk
Cheers, what are you thinking? Full step by step arduino code (ps my code is not neat) or program logic ie 'check for button press, then do this'?
@@TomMakeHere whichever you decide, both if you wish need educated both ways.. cheers.
Cool project mate !
I need to build one for the Y axis on my mill , already have power feed on the X axis and Quill so once i get the Y axis fitted i won't have to wind a handle again!
You could fit an encoder on the stepper so you can use the Arduino to display the feed rate the code is just a modified tacho sketch and displays it on an lcd
That would be a good place to get to!
I like the encoder idea, that might be an upgrade
@@TomMakeHere
You can get cheap encoders off ebay , i used a second hand Baumer encoder on my spindle feed unit ( a copy of the one Stefan gotteswinter made and showed in one of his videos ) but the ones on ebay look the same as the baumer.
By the way, I would love to get a look at the arduino code! Programming arduinos isn’t really a strong suit of mine.
Cool, I've kinda scheduled myself to film this next week. Depends on work commitments though
TommyGun Machining cool! Just whenever you get around to it would be awesome! Btw, are you engineer because you seem waaay too sharp to be a weekend warrior type?
Lastly, if you ever got a Patreon page going, I’d back ya. 🤙 Cheers from southern(ish), CA.
Very cool build. You can embed your video on our homemade tools forum if you want more subs, people will really enjoy this one.
Nice video! I'd be keen to see some Arduino coding, no idea where to start currently.
Ok that makes a couple now, I will look at doing something in the next couple of weeks.
Ps did your cat walk over your keyboard when you were creating your account name? :)
Haha, no idea what happened there! Set my account up through my phone and wasn't able to create a username. Might be worth an edit though lol. Cheers
Great content Tommy. I'm in Newcastle. Roughly where are you?
I'm all the way down in Northwest Tas
Thanks for watching :)
@@TomMakeHere God's country! If you're ever in Newcastle get in touch mate.
@@danielstewart3507 Will do. Same if you are down in Tas. Or need any machining for your CNC. It looks interesting
@@TomMakeHere I actually bought an Optimum BF20LV yesterday. Hence, why I was looking at your QCTP stuff. Love your content mate. I have watched a lot of your stuff during breaks today!
That’s was a street sign wasn’t it 😁
A bridge clearance sign. Legitimately obtained though, it was in the scrap bin at work
Mine now!
all dutch to me. that part of my brain is missing. but look forward to seeing the gearbox etc too
Yeah I must admit I made the video with the idea that the audience had some prior understanding of circuits. Maybe a basics video could be in order
Oscilloscope!
If I had one it would help. I think there will be an ongoing investigation into router noise, could make for an interesting video maybe
@@TomMakeHere Yup! They're loads of fun. Ebay.
By the way, after watching Stefan's video, I had a dream. A unicorn came to me and said "Tell TommyGun he needs a surface grinder." Is that worth 10%?
Geez, it's a bit hard to argue with unicorn dreams!
@@TomMakeHere He showed up again. "Unicorn? What are you, twelve? I'm a zombie machinist... tell him. Gads. Embarassing."