hi
I have just had to strip my X1 mill to replace the 2 head bearings and the plastic gears. While it was stripped down I made the modifications to fit a motor to the Z axis lead screw. I used a wiper motor to successfully drive the leadscrew on my Myford lathe so I already had the control box (thanks to Julian) all I needed to do was chop the feed wire and fit jack plugs to the lathe and mill motors. The motor I have used on the mill is an electric window motor which is designed to run in both directions and has just 2 wires.
Heres a video.
[ame]http://youtu.be/LQxFuxm9kcg[/ame]
Any questions just shout up and I'll do my best to answer them
Cheers
Rich
I have just had to strip my X1 mill to replace the 2 head bearings and the plastic gears. While it was stripped down I made the modifications to fit a motor to the Z axis lead screw. I used a wiper motor to successfully drive the leadscrew on my Myford lathe so I already had the control box (thanks to Julian) all I needed to do was chop the feed wire and fit jack plugs to the lathe and mill motors. The motor I have used on the mill is an electric window motor which is designed to run in both directions and has just 2 wires.
Heres a video.
[ame]http://youtu.be/LQxFuxm9kcg[/ame]
Any questions just shout up and I'll do my best to answer them
Cheers
Rich