Looks very nice indeed
Curious what the second pulley is for?
Hood

Looks excellent!

Curious what the second pulley is for?

The addition of a Coffee grinder? 


Dave

(pump drive to the keg)

good guesses , I was walking buy the machine with it in my hand one day and dropped it on there , been about 4 years now . If I take it off Ill need it the next day for something and wont be able to find it

That looks allot better than the Anilam for sure, beachbum. I do however like the way the motor is positioned on the Anilam better. It's a bit more compact.

Another thing, is there a way to disengage the drive ?
Otherwise, why is the handle still on there in Ed's pic. ?

Yes, there is a switch to disengage the drive for manual operation. The handle on ours slides right off.

Great detail Sam...thanks !
Looks like the only way to use it manually with the handle would be to remove the 2 SHCS's and run the ball nut all the way down.
I guess you mean you can switch the axis drive off electrically, what is the procedure to operate the quill manually ?
Also notice another good use for Great Stuff foam in a can.
Neato,
RC

RC
found another pic, should have more oh and BTW the reason I fixed it this way and made it so narrow was it left access to the bolts for tramming the head without removing anything

Hood

RC heres a model view showing the back.
Hood

That looks nice Hood, I wish I had made mine a little narrower, I had visions of optical limits dancing in my head when I  made mine . Mine stands off the front of the machine far enough its easy to get a wrench on all the bolts with no problem

Damn you're good.....reading my mind now. That was my next Q. I noticed some that actually use lengthened coupling type nuts, and bolt the plate to them.
I prefer the access like you have.

I better ask this now....BEFORE you answer.
The old J head I have has a little fat motor...1hp I think. Funny looking housing, never looked real close but is it pretty simple to change it to an inverter duty 56-C type motor ? And if using a VFD, do you typically leave the belt on one of the mid pulleys then just use the back gear if needed ?

Hah...beat ya to it.
RC