take a look at the socket on behind very bottom of the VFD case. Are you have this plug in mind?Not really a niche use, If your spindle can go ccw, that should mean you could run a tapping cycle, and tap on the machine. wouldnt hurt to try.
(the feeds and speeds are for 718 inconel, not wood) this is just an example how to form it.
N60 T6
M6(6-32UNC GREENFIELD -2B TAP)
G0G90X-5.Y4.M3
Z.2
X-.45Y-.48
M29S50 (rigid tapping)
G98G84X-.45Y-.48Z-.522R.1F1.56
G80Z3.
M5
X-5.Y4.
G0G28G91Z0.M5
G49
G28Y0.
G90
M30
%
“… If your spindle can go ccw, that should mean you could run a tapping cycle, and tap on the machine. wouldnt hurt to try.”.
No.
What does the wall plug look like? I want to add the 220v line over to my Elite and just want to make sure the wall receptacle I use is the correct one. Can someone take a pict of the end of pigtail?
Thanks,
-Alex
To elaborate on John’s response :). I’d be more likely to just thread mill instead of trying to run a traditional tap. I know big industrial machines can just run the tap in the machine, but their goal for doing that is speed and they have much more rigidity and power in the mill than a hobby level machine does. You would also need the spindle to spin a LOT slower in order to be useful for this purpose regardless of CW/CCW use. These spindles have very low torque at low speeds, and because they’re air cooled I would think they’d be much more likely to overheat if used at slow speeds for long periods of time since the cooling fan runs at the same RPM as the spindle does.
You would also need an encoder.
I found single form thread mills work very well once parameters are correctly set.
Why is that needed exactly? It seems like as long as you moved the spindle through the correct path, a single form should cut the desired profile, should it not? I’ve never done thread milling, but I’ve never been able to get a good answer as to whether the spindle needed to be indexed or whatever in order to get it to work properly. It is legitimately something I’d like to be able to do though. I could pretty easily rig up the electronics and such for an encoder I think, though I’m not exactly sure whether the Masso flavor of g-code is flexible enough to let me make use of it (it doesn’t appear to support parameters of any kind)
No I was referring to another reason why rigid tapping could not be done.
Thread milling with a single form works great!
Here is link to when I first tried it - https://youtu.be/zt8RzZAr_VA
Whoo! That’s exactly what I’m wanting to do. Other than toolpath creation (which I know can be a little fiddly) is there anything special needed on the spindle/machine side of things that the Onefinity Elite doesn’t have out of the box?
Good day,
My question my have been answered already and if so, my apology.
I have the original woodworker since its been on the market and I have yet made any modification. Beside the learning curve, It has been a blast so far and continue to create new project. That said, I am still operation with the Makita router.
I have been contemplating to upgrade to a spindle when the latest from Onefinity advertise these one. So, with the purchase of the 65mm spindle, I am assuming that cables for the VFD and the original controller (Black box) is included so they can talk to each other and that is not something I would have to purchase over and above.
thanks
Fred
yes, all cables are included. It’s truly plug and play with no extra items to be purchased.
you and moarvolts had a good response, i get it on the encoder, i get it that the spindle can’t go slow enough.
but i did not think about the encoder, so thats a good point, atleast it wasn’t just a no without any explanation of why.
I threadmill and tap all the time at work in some of the hardest materials. But i am also used to running and programming exotic parts on 4 and 5 axis machines at work. but thats not wood. so there is where i am learning. thx for the response buddy.
I do know that the masso control does accept canned cycles as i have used them. i only tried for drilling. (G81, G73, and G83) worked. Boring worked G85, I was bored.
According to the Redline site it’ll be either a NEMA 6-20 (as you have shown) or a NEMA L6-20 which is a locking twist style, your choice. However I don’t recall having a choice when I ordered my machine yesterday. Their website says it requires a 220-15amp breaker.
Thanks Harry! I appreciate you posting this!
Is there a recommended Dust Boot for the 80 mm spindle?
I’m a fan of @RowdyRoman “The Swinger” Boot… He makes amazing stuff! I’m pretty sure that is what I will be going with on my new 80mm Redline.
Hope that helps!
-Alex
Just ordered my 110v 80mm. It is the last piece of the build for my WW Elite. I know they said it is a plug and play but will any tutorials be out or just documentation for installation?
Thanks
we will have this soon!
Alex,
This is only a guess as to what the plug is I found it on this website.
I,m not ready to pull the trigger on this yet.
Harry
