Does your mill have a knee or does the head assembly move? That's easier than moving the quill and leaves the quill as a manual option.
There are all sorts of ways of doing this. For the longest time I had a stepper motor on the knee shaft that I ran from one of my ELS units. I could set zero where I was milling and then if I wanted to do a 0.010" cut just move the knee by that distance.
A friend of mine with the same type of mill just added a DC motor with a variable power supply and a couple of toothed belts and uses it to avoid major tedious cranking operations.
Or, start thinking about CNC now and start the conversion. Just do the Z axis to start. Whatever controller you use add a pendant with an MPG and now you are on the way with adequate control.
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Sent: November 2, 2024 10:27 PM
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Subject: [digitalhobbyist] Diy Powerfeed for mill
? Finally got my mill in my machine room & under power . Wondering if
anyone here has come up with a DIY powerfeed that could be used on a mill .
thanks
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