Power feed for Milling machine – progress at last
Well I have managed to get into the workshop again and am in the middle of making a power feed to my own design for the RF25 milling machine I bought from Axminster tools some years ago. I will be writing up the design including drawings when I finally complete it. So far I only need to secure the bars and create a cover and lever (to engage and disengage the feed). So far in tests it works well and I have a shaky video to show how it works.
Don't worry about the driving dog since this was the first casting and I intend to make a pattern updated to take account of lessons during construction. The idea is that the motor will be engaged and released by use of a lever to slide the whole motor head in and out. A picture or two should help understand....
- The 3 bars are more than enough t handle the torque of the motor.
- Power feed using the VW windscreen wiper motor on 12v



August 11th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Look forward to your write up and drawing Mike.