Jimmy - thanks for the welcome!
I'd have a router if i drove up to baltimore (from north carolina) to get the rest of my tools from my dad's shop. (I moved out in june, with a small car, and higher priority stuff to take...). But that's about $150 in gas and food and stuff for the trip. If we drive to my girlfriend's relatives' Thanksgiving celebrations, we could pick up the last of the stuff I left behind on the way. or i could rationalize going to get it instead of spending money on new tools. I think im gonna start frequenting pawn shops and classifieds and scrap heaps for stuff I can use.
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I have a design related question: what dictates the vertical placement of the x-axis leadscrew in relation to the rails? do i want it in line with them (or as close as possible) so that it takes a minimal torque load if the gantry racks? or do i want it below the plane of the rails so that the force of the leadscrew on the gantry is balanced wrt to the force of the workpiece on the cutter?
I'm reading through Yukonho's design thread and finding it quite useful. Anyone have a favorite thread that covers design?
-barrett  |