Here are a few pics with it finally on its stand and in-place. In the first pic, it's being wired, with the VFD at the top, the electrical shutoff, with 8 115 outlets at the bottom. This many is needed due to everything that can get connected: X, Y, Z drives, DRO, and VFD controller box, and the spindle light. In the last picture, the black box below the DRO controls the VFD. Surprisingly car-related, the spindle ring light is a 100mm LED lamp sold to mimic BMW headlights, and the assembly also contains a spindle speed sensor (I can't take credit for the design). The last picture isn't composed well but the top of the machine, where the spindle nut is, is just above the blue model label, or about 72" high. Doing it over, I might make the stand about an inch shorter, but since it's using ER32 collets, I won't have to get up there very often.
The first Midlana-related application will likely be (re)doing the alternator mount. The one on the engine now is made of 0.25" steel plate, yet once mounted the alternator can still be shifted by pushing on it. The concern is that the tight belt is pulling it out of alignment by some amount and accelerating belt wear, but I don't want to wait to find out. The new mount will either use 0.375 steel, or be hogged out of a solid block.
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Midlana book: Build this mid-engine Locost!,
http://midlana.com/stuff/book/Kimini book: Designing mid-engine cars using FWD drivetrains
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