Project Powerfeed Part 1

Рет қаралды 30,936

4 жыл бұрын

We are finally putting a powerfeed on the mill!
This video focuses on the electronics of the system, and we also look at solving CNC router electrical interference.
The powerfeed will be 'smart' in that it can be told what to do and can be programmed. I decided not to make it smarter as we could have a robot uprising on our hands 🤖
This marks a departure from the previously established style and going more in depth. Feel free to drop feedback positive or otherwise, I'd like to know
If you are still reading this, you can stop anytime
Music:
Hall of the Mountain King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Music promoted by Audio Library • Hall of the Mountain K...
Originally composed by Edvard Grieg 1875

Пікірлер: 55

@ActiveAtom 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching guys

@Rustinox 4 жыл бұрын

Great idea. And Edvard Grieg makes it even better.

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

@CraigsWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mxcollin95 4 жыл бұрын

New subscriber from tips blitz 2019. Glad I found your channel. You’ve got a lot of cool content. 🤙

@WideVisionMetalFab 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Looking forward to more! :)

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

Plenty more on the way!

@EverettsWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm really excited for the semi automation it offers Thanks for watching

@stephenoconnell3774 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you that’s cool I needed someone to explain it like that cheers

@TomMakeHere 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@keveggy4318 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work. Any chance of a wiring diagram.

@houseofbrokendobbsthings5537 4 жыл бұрын

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_

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mxcollin95 4 жыл бұрын

I’d love to do this same thing for my mini mill.

@mickcarson8504 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Just1GuyMetalworks Жыл бұрын

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! 👍😁👍

@TomMakeHere Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Unfortunately I broke some wires so that powerfeed is currently out of action lol

@CreaseysWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

I bet there aren't many road signs near where you live lately.

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

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

@hooter7003 4 жыл бұрын

John some of the signs need to be removed permanently Just ridiculous how many between sydney and Melbourne

@pgs8597 4 жыл бұрын

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

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

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

@homemadetools 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool build. You can embed your video on our homemade tools forum if you want more subs, people will really enjoy this one.

@carllie4848 4 жыл бұрын

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

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! It will be a dog clutch actuated by an offset cam

@ianbertenshaw4350 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

That would be a good place to get to! I like the encoder idea, that might be an upgrade

@ianbertenshaw4350 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@MUDMAD83 3 жыл бұрын

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

@TomMakeHere 3 жыл бұрын

send me an email and I can flick you the code

@jimarnott9593 4 жыл бұрын

very interesting, I would be interested in the coding etc ..cheers from the uk

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

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'?

@jimarnott9593 4 жыл бұрын

@@TomMakeHere whichever you decide, both if you wish need educated both ways.. cheers.

@matabele 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video! I'd be keen to see some Arduino coding, no idea where to start currently.

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

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? :)

@matabele 4 жыл бұрын

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

@mxcollin95 4 жыл бұрын

By the way, I would love to get a look at the arduino code! Programming arduinos isn’t really a strong suit of mine.

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

Cool, I've kinda scheduled myself to film this next week. Depends on work commitments though

@mxcollin95 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@danielstewart3507 4 жыл бұрын

Great content Tommy. I'm in Newcastle. Roughly where are you?

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

I'm all the way down in Northwest Tas Thanks for watching :)

@danielstewart3507 4 жыл бұрын

@@TomMakeHere God's country! If you're ever in Newcastle get in touch mate.

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielstewart3507 Will do. Same if you are down in Tas. Or need any machining for your CNC. It looks interesting

@danielstewart3507 4 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@MegaBCAD 4 жыл бұрын

That’s was a street sign wasn’t it 😁

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

A bridge clearance sign. Legitimately obtained though, it was in the scrap bin at work Mine now!

@ydonl 4 жыл бұрын

Oscilloscope!

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

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

@ydonl 4 жыл бұрын

@@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%?

@TomMakeHere 4 жыл бұрын

Geez, it's a bit hard to argue with unicorn dreams!

@ydonl 4 жыл бұрын

@@TomMakeHere He showed up again. "Unicorn? What are you, twelve? I'm a zombie machinist... tell him. Gads. Embarassing."