Well if you read the blurb at the start of this thread you would expect a state of the art machine to be made. The fact is I comprimised nearly all my objectives. Oh well, I have finished the machine and it still has that ynneb piece of crap look about it. It works though, and thats the main thing.
It has a footprint of 2m X 4m. I made it this big so as to never get caught out with a job that is too big.
Here is a pic of the machine and a sample of its cutting ability.
The sample is a cheap test cut only. I will be making and selling these cabinets with black memamine and T moulding etc.
Sorry I didnt make progressive posts, the truth is I am a embarresed at its appearance. I am only posting the pic because another member has encouraged me to do so.
PS. I know I made a big thing about not posting in this forum anymore. I guess that was a bit ambitious too. Maybe the comprimise will be just a heavy reduction in posts
EDIT: that funny picture of the bearings is a ynneb poormans idler.
Oh, and if this thread encourages anyone, it can be that you can make a machine with no special tools other than an angle grinder, welder, and a drill plus a few hand tools. (no mill or lathe required, just be prepared to comprimise)
I have found that to cater for lack of precision, you can bolt everything together with over sized holes, and adust things to suit as you go. Once you are sure about the adjustments, you can then weld it into position.