(09-09-2012, 10:56 PM)dalee Wrote: I picked up a pwm, (pulse width modulator), with pot on eBay for $10 delivered from Hong Kong.Claudef queried me about one of those little pwm controllers but I couldn't advise him on it,
Claude did you complete the power feed set-up that you were working on?
(09-09-2012, 10:56 PM)dalee Wrote: I hemmed and hawed about engaging/disengaging the motor for a neutral to keep the manual feed intact. When it finally occurred to me that the motor adds such a little amount of drag that that a fixed coupling was all that was needed.
The drive that I used for the table feed I made for my milldrill has a worm reducer so I HAD TO incorporate a clutch.
The black button above the fwd/rev/neutral lever is a full speed button for rapid traverse.
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