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Mactec,
Looking good! You know, you could save yourself some machining time by just using double-stick tape to hold the rails on, and pistol drilling the holes for the ball screw end mount bearings.
Rob
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Here is the start of a build for a friend
This machine will be able to cut around a piece of material 12x18 with up to a
1.00 dia cutter
It will have Hiwin linear rails & ballscrews
Motors & drives to be decided on, but most likely will be a servo system
We will try to do as much as possible, Using manual machines,(Time Permitting) to show the different setups, to make the parts needed to build this machine
Some of the material's needed in this photo
Mactec54
Mactec,
Looking good! You know, you could save yourself some machining time by just using double-stick tape to hold the rails on, and pistol drilling the holes for the ball screw end mount bearings.
Rob
How big that rails?
spoiledbrat
If you look really close at the linear rails, that are in the photo they have no holes for mounting, so the the double sided tape, Is a great idea, & should hold them really well, As for a pistol drill, I'm sure it will get used
Mactec54
asuratman
The Hiwin rails in the photo are 20mm & will be for the X axes the Y & Z axes will have 16mm rails
Mactec54
Today we will set up the manual mill to start machining the base frame
This is a small Jet knee mill & was one of the first one's they sold, it has been a great little mill
First we will Tram the spindle, to get it true to the table, & then we can start to machine the parts for the base
The base frame is the most important part to get right, if this is not made well
it will affect a whole machine
Tape? that sounds interesting, can you provide more details of what type of tape etc?Originally Posted by spoiledbrat
Rob
The machining of the base frame, the aluminum pieces,were first deburred & then mounted on the mill & machined parallel
The 2 outside frame pieces, were milled for the linear rail mounting at the same time, The outside pieces are made from .750 Mic6 tooling plate
Mactec54
robe_uk
spoiledbrat & myself have a Joke about the double-sided tape & the pistol drill, as we were advised by a manufacture, To use this to fix his machine they had messed up on
It would be nice if there was a magical tape like this
Mactec54
Look at that immaculate workshop...
Have you ever done any work in there?
ok drilling and tapping it is then
Wow you're not kidding!Look at that immaculate workshop...
Have you ever done any work in there?
I thought all those photos were 3D renderings until I zoomed in!
Impressive.
How on earth do you get your machine that funny silver colour instead the normal colour, you know...
Brown.
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