Air pencil die grinder on X2 cnc

[Bishop]

I made this bracket today to mount a die grinder on my mill. Haven't tried it yet but seem pretty solid.














Shawn

 

[TOOLMASTER]

made something very similar ..great for engraving or machining tiny stuff

 

[JimDawson]

Nice job!! :thumbsup2: Post a picture of your test run when you get to it.

 

[Bishop]

It wasn't much of a test run but the results were encouraging. The smaller text is .125" high, both engravings were a bit too deep I think at .004 and .005". This is a definite improvement on the X2 spindle though.

 

[JimDawson]

That is a good start. It looks like the tool is walking to the left sometimes. Maybe reduce the feed speed a bit? Over all I would say you have a winner.

 

[Bishop]

Thanks Jim, I was thinking it was looking a bit left side wonky as well but that's the odd font I was using. I'll have to have a go with some single line font to be sure though.

Shawn

 

[Bishop]

Had another go this morning, I think the bit was spinning in the collet yesterday. The top engraving was done with a small endmill .5mm? the second was done with a three sided .125" engraving bit. Both at .002 in aluminium. Much better results than what I get using the X2 Spindle.

 

[JimDawson]

I think you have got it nailed. Looks good.

 

[twr]

I second that, it looks good!!