Ralph.
No problem, organise the day, and don?t let it do it for you.Set a goal ( I know can be daunting)? and achieve that. We say poco poco translates to little by little. LOL, I just heard the woman of the house Pamela calling out that she needs? 5 minutes of my time, fixing something that broke or the cats have broken. Dread to think, normally it?s hours of work. Thank god for 3D printers. Hands up, I am not a DIY person around the house, in fact the worlds worst. Pamela has her own toolkit, it?s best I say, she then hangs up pictures etc to the last 0.00 degrees. LOL ?But I do all the electrical stuff up to a point and the plumbing. Have a good one
Thanks everyone I sure appreciate all of the input.
Sorry John, I know it looks like I am trying to do a lot of different?things but this is all a thought process. I am only gathering information for when I actually do something.
I am also having to budget what I am going to be able to do as I depend on Social Security for my funding.
But at the moment I can afford everything plus I have a ton of "things" on hand.
You have not even heard half of the things I am "thinking" of doing. Luckily I am retired so have lots of free time, HA.
Thanks again,
Ralph
Hi Ralph.
The ELS and CSS projects are 2 different things.
Whether it is possible to integrate into one, at, this moment tricky would be an understatement.even with the latest Arduino libraries available.
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In my case, the CSS was the first of a group of major digital changes I made to my lathe and mill.
A bit of history,?
As I was machining (facing and boring out)?large diameter billets frequently, large?comparatively being 135 mm dia ( mini lathe wise)?
I needed some method that was going to change the spindle RPM in line with the optimum surface speeds required whilst manually moving the
cross slide in and out. It was always hit and miss changing RPM?s by moving the as standard fitted? lathe ""potentiometer".
My normal approach to manual facing was to turn the X slide handwheel with one hand overlapping the other to avoid and dwell marks.
this was not easy without a CSS as my left hand was always turning the "pot". to change speeds relative to the radial position of the tool to the workpiece.
and my right hand turning the X slide handwheel.
I am sure you could visualize my dilemma. So hopefully that has cleared up the CSS issues you had.
Then along came the ELS which basically took the manual movements out of facing but in no way did it offer the luxury of a CSS (RPM change). or
Constant Surface Change, this was the icing on the cake, and was integral with the x slide movements .IE ELS and CSS?
Hope this clarifies a few things for you.
So where are we now with you.?
is it CSS, ELS, or Power feeding the mill with eventual aims of a full CNC retrofit.
It?s not possible IMHO to have all these tennis balls in the air without dropping one or two trying to catch them all.
If you can focus on moving forward on a particular project, we have numerous people in the forum who have the experience
and the knowledge to help you, but it is a bit confusing at this moment to know where forum members can assist jumping from
one subject matter to another.?
There are more future digital goodies to come along, but I need to feed them into the forum slowly.
More # tags for Charlie,
Ralph, have a?very good weekend, if you need help we are here, but not cleaning up your workshop. LOL
Also all members to have a good productive hobby weekend.
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John
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Clausing 8520, Craftsman 12x36 Lathe, 4x12 mini lathe, 14" Delta drill press, 40 watt laser, Consew brushless DC motors and a non working 3D printer
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