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

Didn't some of the earlier versions of this "mod" suggest automotive
door or wiper blade motors??

Graciously,
Jim E.
Lakewood, Calif.
All Hail Rube Goldberg!


Bill Williams wrote:
> Charles wrote:
>
>>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.
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> I would wonder if the duty cycle of the average drill motor is greater
> or less than that of the mill motor? And since a power feed has at most
> a couple of minutes of operation from stop to stop I suspect that
> someone would be there to smell the smoke and unplug it! Perhaps even
> use a fire extinguisher as required! I think that you are either solving
> a non existent problem or inventing a problem to solve! Bill
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