Spindle mount for a 400W ER11 Spindle motor

Hey, I've been looking at those spindles too and the best solution I have come up with would be a 3mm alu plate wide enough hold the mount and tall enough to screw into the slot above and below.

Let me know the hole spacing on your clamp and I will post a design file for the plate. Maybe you can get one cut somewhere, or just use it as template and very carefully drill the holes yourself.

The holes which screw into the 52mm clamp will need to be countersunk for the plate to sit flush against the extrusion.

 

You could try Chris Laidlaw also, he can probably design one up no problem cut it and ship it to you. He makes plates, router mounts, etc...

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What you need is one of these. I can make one from 3mm alu plate no problem.

I checked the listing again and found a diagram of the clamp. No need for countersunk holes, the 70mm centres sit outside of the 2060 extrusion making for a nice flush fit at the back of the plate.

 

PM received just fine

 

Be careful to see if the screw heads interfer with the solid wheels. I had to countersunk mine.....

Johan

 

Yes good point Johan, capscrews wouldn't be a good choice in this position. I will make one up and test it out when I get some time around the end of next week.

 

So to clarify what this is;

It's a 2060 extrusion mounting plate for a Chinese 52mm spindle with two pairs of 70mm centred holes 18mm apart. You need to check clearance for the wheels at the back. It could benefit from a second 3mm spacer plate which does not extend beyond the 2060 in order to give clearance from the screws, or a 6mm plate with the edges milled down to 3mm, but countersinking those 4 holes if necessary is much simpler than making another plate as it can be done with an electric drill on a piece of wood.

.skp file attached

 

CN 52mm clamp 2060 adapter.skp

 

@Dat Chu: Excellent work. I don't have one of these setups to check that it's enough/too much clearance but a 10mm plate is going to add even more weight to the z axis assembly. 6mm would be preferable IMHO if it offers enough clearance, as it would decrease the mass being moved along the x-axis. Also 1/4" plate offcuts are probably more easy for you to find than 10mm ones.

 

I had Chris make one, er, 2 for me. It's a custom plate I designed specifically for the 400W spindle. It's small and strong.
Chris has the design on hand so you can get him to make you one quick.

 

Sure. Here's the DXF file. If you need another format, just let me know.

 

When I open your file in Sketchup it looks like this:

Can you provide a screen shot of what it looks like in your software?

 

Because it's a DXF file, not sketchup. Here's the sketchup file.

UPDATE: version 8

 

Changed it to version 8.

 

Thanks. I was testing out the DXF import in Sketchup 2015. I guess it doesn't work too well. haha.

 

I'm not trying to be a pain but that file does not open in 2015 or version 8.

 

I'll re download it. maybe something got corrupted...

 

Yep, it works fine now. Don't mind me. Nothing to see here.