Is it a crazy idea to add computer controlled servo motors to an OD Grinder?
Take an old Brown & Sharpe #3 universal grinder. Replace the motor for the table and the headstock with servo motors, change out some of the other wiring to support this and then have computer controlled rotation and table movment. That's the high level idea, but the actual work would probably be very involved.
But when it was done I imagine you would be able to precision grind a leadscrew on this thing.
Take an old Brown & Sharpe #3 universal grinder. Replace the motor for the table and the headstock with servo motors, change out some of the other wiring to support this and then have computer controlled rotation and table movment. That's the high level idea, but the actual work would probably be very involved.
But when it was done I imagine you would be able to precision grind a leadscrew on this thing.
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