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The base was bolted in two places with 1/4" bolts. It wasn't going anywhere.
The rubber bands prevent the
ball screws from turning. It is conceivable that the table could move,
back-driving the screws. They move very easily.
And below with the 5C headstock in place on it's dovetail mount. The motor mount rail has three screws. It'll only fit one way. The supplied motor mount slides on the dovetail rail. The top rail mount screw is not countersunk as deep as the other two and won't let the motor mount slide past it. Only a concern if your motor needed to mount backwards.
The Taig method of mounting axis motor is rather unique. Strange the first time you use them, but effective.
And here is an instance where the motor should be mounted backwards. The spindle turned backwards. This motor is from my older Taig micro lathe. The only motor I have that the supplied 1/2" bore pulley will mount to.
The shot below shows several generations of Taig headstocks, all of which will work on this machine. The 5C is mounted, the front one with the chuck is from the older micro lathe, and the rear is an ER16 spindle from my mill.
This shows the micro lathe spindle mounted.
The table will just fit under the chuck with nothing mounted in it.
And the ER16.
While I bought this motor for my mill, it mounts very well to the 5C. It's even close to the right speed with the stock motor pulley. In one of their videos Taig suggests a max spindle speed of 2000 RPM, based on their exhaustive testing. Their spindle got too warm at higher speeds. This motor is variable speed and will turn the spindle at about 2600 RPM when maxed out on the largest pulley groove.
Testing the inductive sensor
First movement under Mach 3
I originally intended to use the Taig cnc mill motor, but didn't notice the end mount verses the side mount for the lathe motors. Duh! As it turns out, the shaft is only 3/8" diameter. I tried to buy the Taig pulley in 3/8 bore, but it isn't offered. Hey, that's why I bought a lathe!
This is an older photo of the Consew motor on the mill headstock.
Next time, why the inductive sensor didn't work out, and the hall effect that replaced it. Also, it's time to mount tools!
And below with the 5C headstock in place on it's dovetail mount. The motor mount rail has three screws. It'll only fit one way. The supplied motor mount slides on the dovetail rail. The top rail mount screw is not countersunk as deep as the other two and won't let the motor mount slide past it. Only a concern if your motor needed to mount backwards.
The Taig method of mounting axis motor is rather unique. Strange the first time you use them, but effective.
And here is an instance where the motor should be mounted backwards. The spindle turned backwards. This motor is from my older Taig micro lathe. The only motor I have that the supplied 1/2" bore pulley will mount to.
The shot below shows several generations of Taig headstocks, all of which will work on this machine. The 5C is mounted, the front one with the chuck is from the older micro lathe, and the rear is an ER16 spindle from my mill.
This shows the micro lathe spindle mounted.
The table will just fit under the chuck with nothing mounted in it.
And the ER16.
While I bought this motor for my mill, it mounts very well to the 5C. It's even close to the right speed with the stock motor pulley. In one of their videos Taig suggests a max spindle speed of 2000 RPM, based on their exhaustive testing. Their spindle got too warm at higher speeds. This motor is variable speed and will turn the spindle at about 2600 RPM when maxed out on the largest pulley groove.
Testing the inductive sensor
First movement under Mach 3
I originally intended to use the Taig cnc mill motor, but didn't notice the end mount verses the side mount for the lathe motors. Duh! As it turns out, the shaft is only 3/8" diameter. I tried to buy the Taig pulley in 3/8 bore, but it isn't offered. Hey, that's why I bought a lathe!
This is an older photo of the Consew motor on the mill headstock.
Next time, why the inductive sensor didn't work out, and the hall effect that replaced it. Also, it's time to mount tools!