Mill X-axis Powerfeed for G08689

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(03-23-2024, 05:02 PM)rleete Wrote: As promised, I have tried my idea and deemed it adequate for the job at hand.  My I present my oh-so-clever solution:



Yes, that is a Harbor Freight special.  12v Warrior drill driver.  Supposedly 550RPM max, but I don't believe it.  

And while I'm not being serious, it is, in part, my solution.  I will disassemble my brand new drill (which cost a whopping $14.99 on sale), and use the motor and planetary gearbox within to make my power feed.  I also bought and tried the 18v version, which is faster and more powerful, but decided I could live with the slower speed because my power supply is 12v, and I didn't want to buy another one.

As shown, the 12v version moves the mill table from one extreme to the other in about 25 seconds.  The 18v version did it in about 16 seconds.

I will now perform my motor-ectomy and figure out a way to mount that instead of the wiper motor.  All the rest of the project will be as I started, unless I run into some problems.

Good idea.I've used old cordless drills several times. have a drawer with several extras waiting on projects.
At work the production folks had to lift a 25-30# piece of equipment to install into a rack (9 per rack, 10 racks a day at least). They eventually complained of course. I suspended a uni-strut above the production line, hung a worm drive winch off it on a trolly, and drove it with a cordless drill with a remote switch. total cost was under $50. Commercial units were over $300. although why I even cared about cost to them I have no idea.