Michael Simpson Virgina
11-07-2011, 8:30 AM
I kept stripping out the main motor to gear hub on my large robot. I had a couple of choices.
1. Go to a hard wood, Plastic or MDF wont do it.
2. Add set screws
3. Create an aluminum hub.
My current router attached to the CNC is too fast for this task, so I deceided to attache my Foredom to the CNC. I have a ton of 1/8" shaft end mills I could use.
So after attaching the Fordome, I did a couple practice runs in hardboard, wood, and plastic. Here is my first attempt in 1/4" aluminum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=374ePHwPOlI
It took me a while to get the sweet spot (RPM and Feed). After breaking four 1/16" bits I got it down.
My next step is to create a new router mount for the DW618 that also has the mount builtin for the Foredom. As it is, it sticks out too far to keep the mount attached. I think I would like to use the Foredome when I cut small things and do circuit board isolation routing.
1. Go to a hard wood, Plastic or MDF wont do it.
2. Add set screws
3. Create an aluminum hub.
My current router attached to the CNC is too fast for this task, so I deceided to attache my Foredom to the CNC. I have a ton of 1/8" shaft end mills I could use.
So after attaching the Fordome, I did a couple practice runs in hardboard, wood, and plastic. Here is my first attempt in 1/4" aluminum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=374ePHwPOlI
It took me a while to get the sweet spot (RPM and Feed). After breaking four 1/16" bits I got it down.
My next step is to create a new router mount for the DW618 that also has the mount builtin for the Foredom. As it is, it sticks out too far to keep the mount attached. I think I would like to use the Foredome when I cut small things and do circuit board isolation routing.