broke my mill

[itowbig]

oh dang i broke my mill. the plastic gear on the inside not the on i can get to on the out side . that would be way to easy.
guess i got to finish the belt drive now ;D ok got to go get the belt drive finished now just needed to type this out to get my frustration out a bit :big: funny how just a bit of typing can relieve some stress Thm:

 

[Foozer]

oh dang i broke my mill. the plastic gear on the inside not the on i can get to on the out side . that would be way to easy.
guess i got to finish the belt drive now ;D ok got to go get the belt drive finished now just needed to type this out to get my frustration out a bit :big: funny how just a bit of typing can relieve some stress Thm:

Dang? Ya that be a dang moment. Not to Jinx em, but wait till Zee pops the gear in his mill. Maybe a short write up on the change over would help some of those not so Nut-n-Bolt inclined to tackle the switch before, ah, a good "Dang" once in a while is good for the soul.

Robert

 

[rake60]

You'll like the belt drive.
After you get into that case and remove the broken plastic
gears you will find throwing the pieces across the shop
very satisfying. I know I did!

Rick

 

[Tin Falcon]

Itowbig:
I think you will love the belt conversion it will calm the little beast. Will run much quieter and smoother.
Tin

 

[zeeprogrammer]

Not to Jinx em, but wait till Zee pops the gear in his mill.

I be jinxed. Thank you.

It hasn't happened yet...but I know Murphy very very well.

itowbig: Please post your travels. I will be very very interested...and appreciative. Oh...and if you happen to make the mod to increase Z....ohhhh..that's very much cherries on top.

 

[steamer]

I too would like to see the "inards".....if you would please.

Dave

 

[tmuir]

I fitted the belt drive from the Little Machine Shop and its great.
I also took lots of photos and posted a thread here of it being installed.
Its very simple to do and gives a great improvement.

 

[rake60]

Here is a true to life comparison between the fragile plastic
gear drive and the belt drive. Both of these videos are from
my own X2 mini mill.

First the gear drive:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_zebnE_Zj8[/ame]

And then the belt drive:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzuWDfB1-Jc[/ame]

Which would you rather use?

Rick

 

[zeeprogrammer]

Which would you rather use?

Yours.

Can I use the same operator too?

 

[two dogs]

What RPM can you get?
The best thing that happened was that I burned up the moter on my Micro Mill. That forced me to do a belt drive (I made my own) and now I have up to 9000 RPM :big:
For what most of us do here the increase in RPM really helps

Mark

 

[rake60]

I bought the Belt Drive Conversion Kit from LMC.
It's top speed is 4300RPM. I have never been in situation
where that high range pulley was needed.

Rick

 

[greenie]

What RPM can you get?
The best thing that happened was that I burned up the moter on my Micro Mill. That forced me to do a belt drive (I made my own) and now I have up to 9000 RPM :big:
For what most of us do here the increase in RPM really helps

Mark

What motor did you replace the stock motor with to achieve the extra revs ?

 

[justlesh]

I made my own belt conversion before anything broke. Found nice prints on internet. I also changed a couple things, went to a better grade of bearing, angular contacts, and R-8 spindle when I did it. Mine had the steel gears and I can offer them and the standard pitch screws and dials if someone has a use. Mine is a micro mark and came with these and I'm just about done with cnc conversion.