Maybe Onefinity will come out with an upgrade; it would be great if it was an official option. Wonder what we’ll see for Black Friday.
I successfully use the 1/20" thick 3/4" angle aluminum from LoweDepot, and a 1-7/8" (45mm) wide chain on my OG Woodworker.
Pardon the incompleteness, still working on some modifications.
I did similar and used L brackets from the hardware store to mount it. No custom 3d printed anything.
BJ,
Mind sharing a photo and sizes? Particularly how the L brackets are attached.
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I’ll send pics of my solution for water and spindle drag chains. Hot maybe $17 in hardware andb3 drag chains from Amazon. Need a few weeks as I’m in NC for a long needed surgery and bought a house so I will be leaving Fl soon.
Hey Adam,
did you have success? I just wrote this posting to say, I think besides retrofitting a more serious drag chain system as a whole, I think it would also be possible to exchange the stock drag chain raceway by a slightly wider one (let’s say 40 mm, to include the water coolant hoses), and to make it of aluminium, in order to leave in place the parts that hold the drag chain raceway.
I’m working on this project right now. I have designed three of the necessary brackets and should have the X drag chain working today. It will be a couple more days before I have the Y brackets designed and printed.
I’m using a pair of 1,5” aluminum angles for the drag chain trough. They are capped by the brackets on either end. The brackets are much beefier than the stick ones, but mount in the same way.
The biggest issue so far has been accommodating the larger bend radius.
It looks like it’s going to work out fine. My drag chain will be much larger, which I think is wise. With a laser, water cooled lines, and ATC and potentially an air blast, a big chain is required.
Once I get the whole thing working, I’ll see about posting some pictures.
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I ran into another issue with my dust boot. With a front mount dust boot, the hose always ran into the Masso when homing.
My issue is that the new drag chain & trough interfere with the hose. The solve is easy enough though. I’m printing an adapter to attach between the boot and the hose, sort of an S shape, to give me more clearance.
I’m about to send the VFD back for upgrade to support the ATC, so I have plenty of time to print these parts an get things going without additional downtime.
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Hey Adam,
What hose diameter do you use, and do you use a Workshop Vacuum Cleaner or a Dust collection System?
I love the v9. I have it connected to a large dust collection system via a 4” hose. The longer version of the v9 is what I have, but it’s not long enough to accommodate a large drag chain. It barely supports the stock chain with the rowdy Roman coolant line clips.
I need to add about another 75mm of clearance in my case. 13mm of that comes from having to move the drag chain further back to fully clear the stiffy and its rear trimming screw, since the bend radius of the larger chain is larger.
I’m hoping to have the drag chain all mounted by tomorrow night. I’ve printed three versions of some of the mounts, with small tweaks in each iteration, and each print takes a while.
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Hey Adam,
Good to know! How wide is your drag chain?
I used a rear dust mount with Journeyman and a 2 1/2 hose and it worked well.
My drag chain is 106mm wide.
I finally have good prototypes for my drag chain mounts. I’ve attached some images of what it looks like installed. I will be printing a black version with stronger material, but even this stuff I’ve printed with a resin printer is working fine. I’ve got plenty of room for ATC lines a the air assist line for my laser. I can even add an air blast if I get into cutting aluminum more often.
I designed the homed end of the brackets to allow the stock connectors to mount as they do with the stock brackets. The only additional part I need is an adapter for the v9 to get around the drag chain. I’ve also attached an image that shows what that model looks like.
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I’ve gotten around to printing a version of these drag chain brackets in carbon fiber reinforced nylon. They look great and function great too. I haven’t sold 3D prints before, but these are nice and with the ATCs coming out, people will need bigger drag chains and troughs. If you’re interested, you can see here: CNC Accessories
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