Yeah I haven't used any lock-tite yet, will do when I'm sure the machine actually runs ha ha ha...
I didn't have a bandsaw, but I did have access to my uncle's jig-saw and I also did most of the cutting using a hand saw, which worked really well. I coated both the Gantry and most of the Z carriage with Polyurethane yesterday, which worked pretty well. I was too lazy to take apart the Gantry though and paint it properly... haha....so lazy. Oh well, it's clear coating and I mostly just want to keep the humidity out of the wood, so I think it should be ok.
Yesterday I also went and cut out my profiles from the hardboard, and drilled all the holes. I really think that guide from Lee Valley was worth the money, I haven't screwed up nearly as much since I got it, and I think it takes me half the time to drill holes now too. Very impressed.
Ahhhhhh as I was writing this I realized I forgot to drill the corner holes in my second pair of brackets that I was working on today!!! So pissed.... well, hopefully I'll be able to do that tomorrow...otherwise I'm not sure, I'll have to take out my ground bolts. I ended up drilling holes into a wooden cutting board, then mounting my grinder to that, and clamping it to my table hahaha, it looks pretty awesome.
Now I realized that I have to figure out what I'm going to do with the Z carriage, I didn't buy a trim router yet, and I need to do that (or should have done that...) before making the hardboard profiles, because they're dependent on how big the router is (...sigh). I was thinking about getting the DeWalt one, but that one's kind of long..... any suggestions for a reasonably priced one that's fairly high performance (like 5A)? Canadian Tire?
So CarveOne, you worked on yours too eh? Awesome ^^ do you have any pictures? |