lkrestorer
Well-Known Member
These ideas are pretty darn good but the idea has distracted me from the couple of projects that I'm working on. There have been plenty of times that I have had to suspend a project to make a tool so that I could continue the project. (I have even had to make a tool, to make a tool, to make a tool, to make my project - no kidding!) This time I backed off a notch and borrowed a higher quality cordless drill than the one I was using and by using my attachment gizmo I'm able to get an acceptable finish on the flywheels that I started out to make in the first place. Sometimes Milwaukee does make better tools than Harbor Freight.
The idea of the double ended shaft on a stepper motor may be the way to go. I have to look up dimensions and see if it would fit in the allotted space. It needs to be simple to use either the power feed or manually operate it for using the settings on the standard dial without major disassembly and installations each time.
I have been looking, and trying to study, the interesting makeup of stepper motor circuits but I realize I have a lot to learn before I can proceed in that direction. I even, almost, broke down and bought a cheapie x-axis mill drive off of Ebay. After experimenting with a "good" drill I think that staying with that will be the most worthwhile thing to do for now. That doesn't mean I'm throwing in the towel. It means that I'll be doing some more reading and searching and slot it in as a project to do between other projects. I've tried to convince my wife that I can't die until I have all my projects done. Right now I'm going to have to live to about the age of 562 years.
One of the fun aspects of this hobby is that every time you get involved in making any kind of a neat gizmo it opens up avenues to making other neat gizmos. In this case it has opened up an area of learning that I had never looked at before.
Right now I'm working on that "Crazy Joint" that Brian Rupnow came up with - because it looks really neat. And I'm restoring a 1929 John Deere 1-1/2 hp. engine - because it will look nice sitting with my John Deere tractor at shows next summer. My approach to both of them seems to contribute to the growing pile of chips in my shop.
I will continue - no matter how big of a mess it makes.
The idea of the double ended shaft on a stepper motor may be the way to go. I have to look up dimensions and see if it would fit in the allotted space. It needs to be simple to use either the power feed or manually operate it for using the settings on the standard dial without major disassembly and installations each time.
I have been looking, and trying to study, the interesting makeup of stepper motor circuits but I realize I have a lot to learn before I can proceed in that direction. I even, almost, broke down and bought a cheapie x-axis mill drive off of Ebay. After experimenting with a "good" drill I think that staying with that will be the most worthwhile thing to do for now. That doesn't mean I'm throwing in the towel. It means that I'll be doing some more reading and searching and slot it in as a project to do between other projects. I've tried to convince my wife that I can't die until I have all my projects done. Right now I'm going to have to live to about the age of 562 years.
One of the fun aspects of this hobby is that every time you get involved in making any kind of a neat gizmo it opens up avenues to making other neat gizmos. In this case it has opened up an area of learning that I had never looked at before.
Right now I'm working on that "Crazy Joint" that Brian Rupnow came up with - because it looks really neat. And I'm restoring a 1929 John Deere 1-1/2 hp. engine - because it will look nice sitting with my John Deere tractor at shows next summer. My approach to both of them seems to contribute to the growing pile of chips in my shop.
I will continue - no matter how big of a mess it makes.