Originally Posted by High Seas Very nice overall! and I add. a VERY Nice mount for the router!
A little anodized aly and plastics in that? Looks like a stout rig.
CHEERS - Jim |
Yes, it's UHMW and a cam lever from Rockler Woodworking supply.
In the above pics, I also have a block of 3/4" MDF where the 1/4x20 socket cap screw mounts the router from the back. This evening I built a replacement for that block that will have four 1/2" holes in the bottom edge that route to a mount on the right top side for a 1" vaccum hose for dust collection (a dual purpose fitting).
This has been a long project (~3 months). I bought a mini mill and mini lathe and began learning how to use them (of course the expense is not in the equipment but in the collets, end mills, boring outfits, on and on........).
I modeled the entire project in Rhino3D (some at the start, some as I went along). I didn't mill, drill, tap, or cut until I knew how it was going together. That helped alot in _not_ having to redo stuff. I drilled and tapped some of the plates in pairs (bolted together) to reduce the work.
For some of the larger plates and channel (larger than my mini mill could handle, 11"x23"x3/8" plate on the gantry and 48" long channel for the X rails), I built a device using 3/8"x16 allthread that allowed me to get accuracy on the drill press for drilling and tapping. I know that others must run into these problems with needing to drill (and or tap) long pieces accurately. I handled it with a homade jig. I even milled a ruler for it into 1"x1/8" aluminum angle.