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Hit send too fast . The knee is the one that I will probably convert first . I had my chest cracked 7 years back & thinks like raising/lowering the knee reminds me that that work\was done to me . I have one of those electric seat motors , but i don't think it has enough power for this . I think my next plan is to remove the table & go down to the knee mechanism & clean, lube & adjust my way back up to the table .? I would be interested to see how ya / yer bud did the Stepper? & DC motor install .

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??? Sorry Forgot to mention , ye it's a knee mill I was told it was purchased new in the 80's . It Came from KBC tool's . I got it from the original owner whose work was 95 % plastic , no steel & some aluminum . He made some kind of optics stuff .

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On 11/2/24 10:48 PM, John Dammeyer wrote:

Does your mill have a knee or does the head assembly move?? That's easier than moving the quill and leaves the quill as a manual option.

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There are all sorts of ways of doing this.? For the longest time I had a stepper motor on the knee shaft that I ran from one of my ELS units.? I could set zero where I was milling and then if I wanted to do a 0.010" cut just move the knee by that distance.

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A friend of mine with the same type of mill just added a DC motor with a variable power supply and a couple of toothed belts and uses it to avoid major tedious cranking operations.

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Or, start thinking about CNC now and start the conversion.? Just do the Z axis to start.? Whatever controller you use add a pendant with an MPG and now you are on the way with adequate control.

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Behalf Of mike allen

Sent: November 2, 2024 10:27 PM

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Subject: [digitalhobbyist] Diy Powerfeed for mill

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 ? Finally got my mill in my machine room & under power . Wondering if

anyone here has come up with a DIY powerfeed that could be used on a mill .

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