New control panel for lathe.

Ken226

Ken226

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I'm putting a Seimens 3 phase motor and Teco Westinghouse L510 VFD in my lathe. Today I worked on the switch panel.

It's a peice of 1/8" thick 6061 flat, cut out on my bandsaw and cleaned up with a belt sander. Cerakoted in H series cobalt, then eggraved with a diamond drag tool.

I'm still waiting for some of the goodies that go in.

From left to right:

A 4 way mini-joystick from P3 America. Up will be full speed reverse jog, down will be full speed forward jog, left will be low speed forward inching (I'm thinking, maybe 15hz), and right will be low speed reverse inching.

A 30mm stainless lit power on/off switch

An anodized e-stop

Green stainless LED that turns off when the e-stop is engaged.


A potentiometer with anodized guitar knob from eBay

And, an ebay hall effect tachometer.




 
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Wow, that's fantastic!
 
Very nice work!
 
Thanks! I'm pretty happy with the results. The drag tool cuts through the cerakote and seems to produce some very defined lines.

I screwed up a little. The upper middle screw head is going to cover about a quarter of the P, in stop.

UPS dropped off the joystick right after I posted those pics. It's got a great feel.

 
Ken226 said:
I'm putting a Seimens 3 phase motor and Teco Westinghouse L510 VFD in my lathe. Today I worked on the switch panel.

It's a peice of 1/8" thick 6061 flat, cut out on my bandsaw and cleaned up with a belt sander. Cerakoted in H series cobalt, then eggraved with a diamond drag tool.

I'm still waiting for some of the goodies that go in.

From to right:

A 4 way mini-joystick from P3 America. Up will be full speed reverse jog, down will be full speed forward jog, left will be low speed forward inching (I'm thinking, maybe 15hz), and right will be low speed reverse inching.

A 30mm stainless lit power on/off switch

An anodized e-stop

Green stainless LED that turns off when the e-stop is engaged.


A potentiometer with anodized guitar knob from eBay

And, an ebay hall effect tachometer.




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YOU DO GOOD WORK
 
Shotgun said:
Me and my Sharpie are also sad.
@Ken226 , have you considered making instrument panels for experimental airplanes as an exit strategy?
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I've considered quite a few ideas similar to that for after I retire from my current job.

Currently, there aren't enough hours in the day for me to do it for profit. I've tried and always end up with a huge backlog of jobs.

I've got about 5 years to go. Then I can work out in my shop any time I want, or all day if I so desire. That day can't come fast enough.


The new panel looks pretty good with the cerakoted headstock cover.

 
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Photos are gone :confused: ...

I am looking for ideas on how to design/build a remote VFD control panel for my milling machine (Teco Westinghouse L510 VFD)
 
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