Christopher Charles
07-06-2023, 2:16 PM
Hi all,
I have just picked up a used Minimax FS30c for a very good price after months of looking :)
I'm planning to put on a height gauge and I'd rather not use a DRO because don't like to mess with batteries. I figured I would just order the SMC "gravitational position indicator" digital hand wheel that is comes with the new machines and looks very similar to the Hammer/Felder hand wheel. Looking on the SCM website, it looks like the digital indicator is more than $400 + cost of the handwheel (!). SMC sales is looking into it for me.
Which got me thinking whether the Hammer/Felder handwheel could work. I checked this morning and it looks like 2 mm/revolution of the hand wheel on the Minimax, same as the Hammer (and the absolute position is not that important--aiming to be able to come back to the same relative position).
Next question is whether the wheel would fit on the crank shaft. The minimax shaft is 18 mm dia. Here's my request--anyone with a Hammer J/P willing to measure the shaft diameter and length?
I'm also thinking of getting a price on a Hammer euro-style guard as Minimax wants $460 for the assembly right now...
Thanks,
Chris
I have just picked up a used Minimax FS30c for a very good price after months of looking :)
I'm planning to put on a height gauge and I'd rather not use a DRO because don't like to mess with batteries. I figured I would just order the SMC "gravitational position indicator" digital hand wheel that is comes with the new machines and looks very similar to the Hammer/Felder hand wheel. Looking on the SCM website, it looks like the digital indicator is more than $400 + cost of the handwheel (!). SMC sales is looking into it for me.
Which got me thinking whether the Hammer/Felder handwheel could work. I checked this morning and it looks like 2 mm/revolution of the hand wheel on the Minimax, same as the Hammer (and the absolute position is not that important--aiming to be able to come back to the same relative position).
Next question is whether the wheel would fit on the crank shaft. The minimax shaft is 18 mm dia. Here's my request--anyone with a Hammer J/P willing to measure the shaft diameter and length?
I'm also thinking of getting a price on a Hammer euro-style guard as Minimax wants $460 for the assembly right now...
Thanks,
Chris