[GrizHFMinimill] Re: $50 mini-mill power feed

Be wary of using drill motors for any sort of continuous operation. They are designed for intermittent operation.

A student used one years ago to power a display in the architecture building at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo during their annual open house. The building wound up severely fire damaged.

Chuck K.

--- In GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com, Bill Williams <BWMSBLDR@...> wrote:
>
> Well drill motors of my experience have double or triple reduction
> gears built in as well as (often) variable speed drive
> electronics built into the wiring. It's worst feature is usually
> arranging a mounting bracket! And in the spirit of real kludgery
> the chuck could serve as the coupling and slip clutch! Bill
>


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