Machine Building Group Site¶
Project name: Metal Man¶
Slide and Video¶
Documentation¶
Disassembling the Lathe¶
The first thing we did was start disassembling the machine and carefully cleaning all the parts because the machine had not been used for a long time. It had a lot of dust, and all the lubricated parts were covered with dust and grease particles.
Cleaning Parts.
Designing the Parts¶
I thought for a long time about where to start the design. I was thinking about modeling the whole machine to begin making changes, but I was very lucky and found a full 3D model on grabcad.com
After downloading the file, I opened it in Fusion and started carefully measuring the model on the real machine. I wanted to check if there were any mistakes or misalignments to see if the model design was good.
Luckily, the whole model was well designed, so I opened a new project in Fusion, placed all the parts that needed changes, and started making all the changes.
The main task was to make an adapter to hold two stepper motors.
I started designing the parts that stay on the machine and planned all the holes on them. I also tried to fit the stepper motors to understand where they would be placed and how they would be attached.
I also added a housing for the bearings to avoid friction of the shafts, which we later milled using the CNC roughing machine.
Here is the part what we need to make using cnc milling machine.
Fully assembled image.
Prototyping the Mount¶
Before making part from aluminum we decided to print first.
After printing we assembled it on machine and it looks perfect!!
Assembling¶
