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Which book build would that be? It kinda looks like one of the Solsylva designs so far.
CarveOne
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I asked a lot of questions read a lot of threads and decided to go with the book build, I am going to take my time with it so bear with me. Any suggestions or comments (positive or negative) are welcome
I went out and bought plywood instead of MDF and I ordered the Hardware kit. Went tot he local Lowes and purchased the angle aluminum and I began putting things in order.
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Next step was to build the BRAs
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Today I clamped my top and bottom together and drilled the 1/8 inch pilots and the 1/4 inch holes.
Next step is going to be the chamfering on the top and bottom.
I did have a quick question. The drawing in the book shows 6 FHMS countersunk in the top to hold this together.
The scres I have are only 1" butt he plan calls for 1 1/4"
I do have 1 1/4" RHMS, but this would require a counterbore instead of a countersink. Am I missing some screws or do I use the RHMS, or do I REALLY countersink the FHMS and REALLY counterbore the 1/4- 20 nuts?
Pardon my picture quality, I am using a Vivitar 3315, until I can talk the wife into letting me use the "good" camera at school here.
Verga
Which book build would that be? It kinda looks like one of the Solsylva designs so far.
CarveOne
CarveOne
http://www.carveonecncwoodcraft.com
Patrick Hood-Daniel "Build your own CNC Machine", Sorry I did not make that more clear. I am kind of nervous with doing this log and build, so if I am not clear on something just feel free to ask. I am going to try and do the chanfer later today or tomorrow.Originally Posted by CarveOne
Ok, good. Just needed to get a reference point so that people reading your build log know which one you are building. No need to be nervous. Just do your thing. We'll watch and see what we can learn.
CarveOne
CarveOne
http://www.carveonecncwoodcraft.com
I was able to get more done today than I anticipated.
I test fitted the 1/4-20 FHMS and was not happy with having to drill out more for the 1" length screw recommended, so I bought 1 1/2" replacements, but might switch to 1 1/4".
I drilled ends and chamfered the sides.
Next step was to cut out the legs and drill all the holes.
I attached the legs. I made one mistake in drilling the bottom dowel locations, they were about 1/4" short but this will not affect performance.
Ended the day by drilling the rails, drilling the side location holes and installing the rails. The book recommended drilling 5/16" hole to give a little more wiggle room. This was probably a good idea.
All in all a very productive day
Prett cool compact design.... That's the Y axis?
Yes, that is the Y axis.
I cut out the X axis this morning, and will be drawing up the drill locations , and hopfully drilling it this afternoon.
Been a while since I posted progress or pictures, but I have been busy giving students final exams and correcting them.
I was working on my machine, but just diodn't ahve time to post, so here is where everything stands so far:
Started out the week with two mistakes:
First when I drilled the Drive assembly (Part E) for the Gantry bottom my bolt location was off, not a lot but enough so that the bolts would not go through the holes.MY apologies for the poor picture quality.
Next day made a new one of those.
Then I followed taht up by having the motor mount holes out of alignment for the gantry sides. Every other hole was spot on.
Made new ones of those and they lined up perfectly.
Today I was able to get the entire gantry assembled and sliding.Table top and Y axis with the gantry side.
Gantry side and X axis rail.
Front view of Machine.
Back view
I have discoved that I am missing some 3" bolts and about 25 or so 1/4" nuts, but it seems I do hafve extra cross dowels and 2"bolts.
Does anyone think that using the 2" instead of the 3" will impair the machines strength and or accuracy?
I contacted Patrick Hood-Daniel about the missing parts at about 6 am (Via E-mail) Less then 5 hours later he contacted me to let me know tha the parts were on there way.
This is some of the absolute best Cutomer service I have ever seen!
I recieved the parts from Daniel and was able to complete the Y and Z axis.
both axies (spelling?) are a bit over size so I do need to trim a bit and re-assemble. I did have a problem with making the z axis a bit tight the first time so I am being very careful this time around. it's kind of funny the X axis was spot on the first ime around, but the smaller ones are a little off.
I will post new pictures as soon as I can.
I was also inspired by the same website to build one machine (sold) and am building my second and planning to build another once that one is finished.....one gets such good ideas when building!!
May I suggest that your take off more wood when doing the beveling, just leave enough in the middle to allow the bearing of the cutter to track properly.....the small bevel you are doing has two negative effects:-
1) location of the angle is not 100%
2) If glueing, you need too much glue to get it properly fixed and located.....(I screwed on the first machine Y rails, but since then I ONLY glue with industrial grade glue.....looks better and holds far better!!)
Otherwise very well done.
Regards
Andy
Andy
Thank you, for the advice, which bevel are you referring to? If it is the one on the table, that is a problem, because I already made the gantry and it is perfect fit.
If it is the one on the Yaxis and Z axis I will give it a go.
Right now work is at a bit of a stand still until I get enough money for my electronics and motors.
Can I ask where you got yours from and what size etc.. that you went with?
Verga
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