Well I finally got to fire up my new “Joe 2006” and I could not be happier. I started looking at this project some time in Febuary and actually started cutting pieces in March. This is my second router; my first was the Routzilla built from plans from
www.crankorgan.com.
I would like to thank Joe for all of his work in the design of this machine as well as thank him for helping me out over the phone. This has been a great project; not only did I build a great machine I also made a friend in the process.
All the parts that would fit in my Routzilla 14.5 X 26 inches I cut using Joes’ DXF files and converting to G code through Turbo Cad /Cam 3. All other parts, the majority, I nested in 4X8 sheets and had them cut locally.
The build was pretty much just as Joe has it drawn. However, I did not put the lightening holes in and instead of half inch 10 TPI acme I used half inch 8 TPI 2 start acme. Substituting the 8TPI 2 start caused me to make a few minor mods to Joes plans and I’ll point those out later on.
For Drivers for the “Joe 2006 I bought the driver kit from (STMD)
www.bright.net/~agarb/STMD/AVR_STMD.html . This is a Bipolar driver 3 amps max with chips rated for 55 volts. This was fun to build and Aaron has a top notch kit imho.
My power supply puts out 43.6 volts at 10 amps.
I took a few pictures as I went along and I will try to add them as I go along. I guess this is the backwards way to have a PLOG, but better late than never. More to follow.
Rick