Gildemeister NEF 480 Retrofit

No idea on the spindle node.
I am in Kosovo.
No worries, i will keep searching for it, in the mean time i might also use a normal chuck, when i get to retrofit it, the Mesa boards i have for it age getting a bit moldy waiting ...

It’s not really near by, good look on the search.

put the tool mount back on the lathe:

then I took the first cut on the machine:

used the hand wheels to tale the first gut of the face plate

After adjusting the spindle speed the surface finish got better. And I should close the cable ways and make me son wipers.
so here it is ready for drilling the faceplate for the new chuck

looks a lit lost, bu should be enough for most of what's coming next time

 

It is a cool feeling to make a part on the machine for the first time. You are way ahead of me
Mark.

Yes but I stared before you I guess and don't go into such detail as you.

pus some more sheet metal on the lathe:

and got some left overs one I have no idea where it came from, the other doesn't fit cause of the new servos. 

But there is so much left to do. make new wipers, a protection for the panel, route the coolant, close the panel. and finish setting up linuxcnc.
But it "works" now, I can run code, it switches gears, and remembers the one on power down and resets it on start.
the rest is fine tune and make it more convenient to use.

I might have found a solution to replace the disintegrated way wipers. One was still ok so I used them and it’s holder as a reference to redraw all the missing ones.

And right now the printer is working on a set of new wipers. I use a 98a shore filament. It feels a bit more flexible. But I think this should be ok. I will give them a try soon