Bought the 1.4kw spindle with the water cooled pond pump system. Silicone hoses and kool connectors. Going on an Elite system.
Questions on things I received that I have no clue on.
One was a barrel style connector with a spot for 2 wires to go into it.
Another was a 3d printed thin plate with like 8 holes in it.
Finally there was a little hooked 3d printed piece with a single hole in it…
Next questions… Is the silicone hose supposed to just press into the brass connector that came with the pump… Because if so that is a pain…
Lastly, I searched forums for some of this stuff. Is there a good place to search? Like how are you guys running the coolant hoses so they don’t pinch?
I probably won’t get all your questions quite right, but maybe this is a start from my own install:
The pond pump comes with a lot of parts you don’t exactly need. I think I had parts outside the pump box I didn’t use as well. I don’t recognize the parts you are referring to (I’m sure Chris does), but my experience was you’ll spot what you need as you deploy the pump.
The brass barb connector is definitely important and connects the hose to the pump. I also bought the silicon hoses and the hose just slid right on the barb. What problem are you seeing? There isn’t much pressure, don’t worry if it feels loose.
For supply routing on the elite, the drag chain is nowhere near enough for the stepper control lines, spindle power, air supply and cooling lines.
I initially didn’t open the drag chain at all and suspended the latter from a fiberglass rod that embedded in my table. That didn’t work well at all. The silicon cooling lines are very soft and kink very easily, cutting off cooling and possibly adding work for the pump.
Next try was putting the cooling lines in the drag chain, then putting a strategic zip tie (somewhat loosely) around the drag chain and tray to hold the spindle power and air lines. I found the Z carriage to be high enough off the table that the slack on the lines at the halfway point wasn’t enough for the cables and air hoses to drag. More importantly, the drag chains kept the coolant lines from kinking, something that I was having problems with outside the drag chain.
Between the link that was posted that i couldn’t find before and the answers. I am mostly there… i found a 3d print for the coolant hoses for the drag chain that I think will work out great.
As for the coolant pump. It looks like i just got the wrong connection. But a stop at the plumbing isle in home depot should find me a fitting with a barb and not this disconnecting type.
The printed plate with 6 or 8 holes in it is a French cleat-style hanger for the VFD enclosure. You’ll notice it is beveled on one edge. That is the top edge, and will slide underneath the beveled edge of the top yellow crosspiece on back of the VFD housing.
So the tapered brass barb in the bag with the suction cup feet is ok to use with the pond pump? I didn’t know if its smaller ID would limit coolant flow too much compared to the other connector which the superthane line would go into.
