I never used the powerfeed via the leedscrew on my minilathe for turning, because i couldn't find any gearcombination thats slow enough to give a nice finish.
Today I decided to build a fine feed thats powered by a small geared dc motor:
The motor, 3000rpm@24V with a 50:1 gear with the coupling
The counterpart to the coupling, mounted on the leadscrew
A few holes and some tapping later, everything screwed together, and it looks like a fine feed
I hooked it up to a DC powersource and tested the fine feed on leaded steel, aluminum and drillrod, i always get a real fine and nice finish.
Stefan
Today I decided to build a fine feed thats powered by a small geared dc motor:
The motor, 3000rpm@24V with a 50:1 gear with the coupling
The counterpart to the coupling, mounted on the leadscrew
A few holes and some tapping later, everything screwed together, and it looks like a fine feed
I hooked it up to a DC powersource and tested the fine feed on leaded steel, aluminum and drillrod, i always get a real fine and nice finish.
Stefan