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The parts I ordered from McMaster and Mouser showed up last Thursday (5-5-2005). That night I drilled all the holes and mounted the parts for the HobbyCNC driver. I still have to wire it up but I think that its 85% complete now.

The ballbearings arrived on Friday. I bought the 1/4 hardware for $27. I also bought some material to make couplings from a salvage shop for $7.50 and the material to make the Y-axis spacers for $2.50.

The weekend was very productive but I wasn't able to complete the router. I managed to drill all the holes for the base and the gantry. I cut all the grooves in the bearing mounts and Z-Axis but still have to drill the holes. I cut all the delrin but still have to drill the holes. I cut all the alunimum and drill the pilot holes. I cut the leadscrews.
The most time consuming steps have been making the 1/2-10 ACME tap and machining the spacers. The first batch of spacers I made had to be thrown out and re-made.

I think I am about 75% complete at this point and I have to say, this is the single hardest project I have ever worked on. I have pictures but need to resize them to post. I am a little worried that everything won't turn out... but we'll have to wait and see.

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The following pictures shows all of the parts cut out and drilled.