Retrofitting a 1986 Maho MH400E

little by little,
waiting for the paint to dry

Servus Hanno.

Fourth axis connector?

Hi Mark,

exactly !

I like to have a proper wiring from the beginning.
This includes the conduit and connectors.
There is nothing more frustrating (for me) than having the axis working and the cables still have to to be cut, relocated and wired up.

Cheers

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationNice. You are using an original Maho manual rotary table with encoder feedback into the control arent you?

My Maho has a connector for a fourth axis feedback, but that was all. Sooner or later I am sure I'll get motivated to do some sort of fourth axis as well. I like the cast iron framed harmonic drive Andy did, although I'd use a hollow shaft one like this:

and belt drive it to allow stock to pass through the body.

Or maybe I get lucky and pick up a 150-250 sized Nikken for a good price.
Mark

Hi Mark,

no, it is all DIY with a Sumitomo Fine Cyclo Gear:
www.cncecke.de/forum/showthread.php?1026...chse-f%FCr-Maho-400E

I'm gonna use the 4 or 5-pin original connector of MAHO's fourth-axis feedback for my z-height setter or the 3D-Digitizer and the large multi-pin Harting connector for the axis.
The axis needs cables for servo, encoder and resolver.
The next pictures, maybe tomorrow, will show that

Cool, thisoldtony posted an update on his MAHO 400P project.


It really does show how much simpler machine tools have become since numeric control took over.