This week I was working on the adjustment part. Ben helped me learn how to program the manual mill to do slots. I used this to add the slots for adjustment. I then milled out the center area to add clearance for the bed interface part.
Ben also helped me code a pocket program, to mill clearance for the nut that locks the bed interface to the lathe bed. then I drilled the holes for the bolts attaching the adjustment part to the main circle. I also drilled the clearance for the bolts affixing the bed interface to the lathe bed. Then I Milled the counter bores for the bolts.
After that I flipped the part on its side and used the same program that I used for the channels to mill the diagonals. I just set the start and end points, incrementing downwards each pass. when these were done, I flipped the part again and milled a clearance channel to allow oil and gunk to not be a problem.
Because Adam had Covid, I had to mill the main circle part. I broke down the setup in the Tormac and re-setup the part on the manual mill. I again had elevate it and this time had to align a slot to the Y-axis. I used a square to rough in the indication. Because we don’t have a setup for the dial indicator, I used the haimer and mallet to get a precise alignment.
I used the haimer to find center using a method Adam taught me. Then I used a circle profile program, stepping down to clear out the inner material. I had to do some weird stuff with the last few passes to get them to work because the material was too thin and un-supported.
I also worked on the circuit diagram with Miles to figure out the physical structure of the logic and esc systems.
