Tom Senior / Maho Vertical Mill Spindle Mod

[rhynardt]

Thanks Grumpygator. I hope a good clean and lick of paint will sort gerty out. Unfortunately i cannot view the picture.
I hope to mount a motor on her today so i can see how she cuts!

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[rhynardt]

Hi All
Got the motor mounted and belts sorted




After all that and wiring up a vfd to the motor , i found the motor is cooked. It heats up quickly and then trips my overloads. Running a 1,1kw motor on 1,5kw drive and all properly set up.

Hopefully i can source another motor relatively soon and cheap!

 

[Grumpy Gator]

Sorry to hear about the motor.
How far will the bed be from your new quill location ? From the pictures I would guess 10".
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[rhynardt]

The bed will be about 400mm or 15" from to quill. Major improvement to the original. I am fitting a single phase motor for the time being

 

[FOMOGO]

Congrat's on the Little girl, and outstanding job on the head. Mike

 

[rhynardt]

Thanks Mike. My new 3phase motor should be here tomorrow!!!!

 

[rhynardt]

She is alive!!! Got the new 3phase motor mounted earlier, this thing is a beast
in comparison to the old vertical head, with none of the noisy protestations i got so used to. Will try to get a tachometer on her to see what range i am getting

 

[FOMOGO]

Cool! Glad to hear it worked out so well. Have you named your baby yet? Maybe Millie would be appropriate.Mike

 

[rhynardt]

Hi Mike
I think my missus would chase me around with a large knife if i tried that one!:- The baby's name is Micke. Dont know how to type it phonetically though but its to do with dutch and german.