The Grizzly and the Hen

[Metal_twister]

Sounds like a great childrens story in the making, eh?

Just got my mill in and started tearing it down.
I like it, as do my chickens.....

[jl123]

Damn, that's what I'm missing...

Sell me a chicken.

That grizzly is a great machine. Pretty amazing how fast they get it to you.

[Metal_twister]

Yes, those grizzly folks got it goin on!
I had the machine and stand 3 days after I ordered it.
Phone support at p.m., no problem.
It is a great company to do business with.
The mill was excellent shape.

Everyone needs chickens.
They are really helpful at eating bugs.
They want to help you with everything.
They give us eggs.
And they are pretty darn tasty in the end.

Here you can see they helped me get a 900# Kalamazoo down out of a tree.

[pastera]

I hate it when my bandsaw gets stuck in a tree - but I normally send the cat up after it!

Nice way of unloading it!

Aaron

[Pres]

Maybe next time don't use that "900# Kalamazoo" to cut down such a big tree!

[ViperTX]

If you were trimming branches there is a better way........

[miljnor]

but it was a really big branch!

[Metal_twister]

OK, Got it running last night.

201 Geckos, PMDX 131, 48VDC 8A, (2) 270oz Nema 23's, (1) 640oz Nema 34, CNC FUSION kit, Mach3.

This thing is stupid fast!


The video is here (see 300IPM_GRIZZLY)

www.bragbook.adaptivemachineworks.com

[jl123]

Looks great sir. You obviously knew what you were doing. You don't have a 15+ page thread asking every question in the book.

Any plans for limit switches? I already pulled the ballscrews out of the nuts on mine... Since I'm using a Grex I can't use mach's soft limits. Darn.

What does the stand look like?

[Metal_twister]

I am putting switches on whilst my 3rd Gecko is being sent off to get repaired.

Nothing kills a lizard faster than shorting him across 8amps!

I am debating using just homing switches and relying on soft limits.
I am leaning on physical limit switches though.
Scary as hell running this thing knowing that one little mistake can rip $tuff apart!

What do y'all think?
I dunno about trusting software. Mach3 is great and all, it's that damn Bill Gates I don't trust!

The stand came from Grizzly.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/G5944

It's nice as it has a coolant drip tray and a drain.
However it positioned the mill too low, so I bolted the mill on two pieces of 4" steel square tubing 3/16" thick.
The mill is bolted to the risers, and the risers are bolted to the stand.

that works out real good, because the mill is up so you can get to the 'y' axis nut block if need be.

Then I put a flood coolant pump in the compartment behind the door of the stand.

lots of work left to do!!!!

will keep y'all posted.

[miljnor]

what format is the video file?

[jl123]

Divx.

I think I'm going to buy that stand. And make it taller for the bottom. If it has a nice flange to hold coolant I'd want to keep that feature.