spyderxxx's glacial build

[spyderxxx]

Well I've been lurking here since 2004 and have a grand total of 13 posts. CarveOne finally drew me out of my shell.

So were going to build a 3 by 5 steel build based on CarveOne's . The base will be wood based on the New Yankee Workshop hutch. If I don't finish or the base isn't strong enough I can always use it as a workbench.

I bought the steel for the router base today and is it heavy. I'll post some pics soon

Ed

[CarveOne]

Well I've been lurking here since 2004 and have a grand total of 13 posts. CarveOne finally drew me out of my shell.

So were going to build a 3 by 5 steel build based on CarveOne's . The base will be wood based on the New Yankee Workshop hutch. If I don't finish or the base isn't strong enough I can always use it as a workbench.

I bought the steel for the router base today and is it heavy. I'll post some pics soon

Ed

I'm humbled.

Jump in with both feet and don't look back. You'll be glad you finally started. (Well, most of the time, but there will be some frustrations to overcome here and there.)

CarveOne

[Woodbutcher-59]

Aww man, I thought my build was the slowest one here...

And I agree, C1 is inspirational....heck his thread is almost as long as the bible ya know....

Looking forward to the build, Ed !! Enjoy


Jeff

[spyderxxx]

Thanks guys

Jeff I know your handle from somewhere ,Telecaster forum maybe?

The plan is to get most of the mechanical done in the garage before winter and move it into the basement and finish it. If I get time I will clean the steel and start initial layout this weekend.

Ed

[CarveOne]

I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it, and the things you do that I should have done (or should have done better).

Reading my Worktable CNC build is probably like reading the whole Dune scifi book collection four times in a row. That was a long migration path of trial and error. The machine has a few minor weaknesses but the end results are a far cry from the beginning.

CarveOne

[spyderxxx]

C1

I've read both your current threads. Still have to get my head around several things

Ed

[CarveOne]

C1

I've read both your current threads. Still have to get my head around several things

Ed

Just ask. I'm still asking myself why I did some of the things I did too.

I'll provide photos as needed and offer other ways to do something that may be more difficult for you to accomplish. A lot of the steel cutting that I did on a 4x6 metal cutting band saw can be done adequately with a chop saw. A 4-1/2" angle grinder can substitute for my 12" disk sander. They will just take more time and effort to get similar results. I could not function without my 12" disk sander. It's my go-to machine far more often than any other in the shop.

CarveOne

[spyderxxx]

C1

Thanks for the offer. Had the steel cut to length from the supplier. Will have to check if the ends are square and the same length. Have chop saw but shouldn't need it I hope. Don't have your 12 inch sander but have angle grinder and a home made 8 inch sander. Made from a old disk drive motor and a slab of aluminum with sand paper gluded on. From the time when it took 2 men to move a disk drive. It's fairly light duty.

[CarveOne]

C1

Thanks for the offer. Had the steel cut to length from the supplier. Will have to check if the ends are square and the same length. Have chop saw but shouldn't need it I hope. Don't have your 12 inch sander but have angle grinder and a home made 8 inch sander. Made from a old disk drive motor and a slab of aluminum with sand paper gluded on. From the time when it took 2 men to move a disk drive. It's fairly light duty.

I remember using one of the IBM 8" floppy drives with the worm gear drive mechanism. Awesome drives, with a whopping 120 Kb storage space on them as I recall. Data access time was right up there with molasses.

Magnetic core memory was in vogue then also. I think I'm getting old enough to apply for carbon dating.

CarveOne

[spyderxxx]

C1

I worked for a small Canadian computer manufacturer starting in about 1982. First day we installed a CDC drive. It took 4 people to lift the 600 pound drive off its pallet. Capacity was 675 megabytes. We also memory cabinets about 24w x 36 d x 36 h with a capacity of 32k. Back then you had to fix things on the spot cause you couldn't life anything to replace it

Broke down and ordered 6 wide carriages and 3 R&P kits yesterday morning. This should allow me to get all the rough work done.

Ed

[CarveOne]

C1

I worked for a small Canadian computer manufacturer starting in about 1982. First day we installed a CDC drive. It took 4 people to lift the 600 pound drive off its pallet. Capacity was 675 megabytes. We also memory cabinets about 24w x 36 d x 36 h with a capacity of 32k. Back then you had to fix things on the spot cause you couldn't life anything to replace it

Broke down and ordered 6 wide carriages and 3 R&P kits yesterday morning. This should allow me to get all the rough work done.

Ed

I never saw one of those even if we had one. We had mainframes though, and DEC PDP-11. I remember when we were doing circuit board layouts using grid vellum and Chart Pak tape pads and lines and then photographing them for the "masters". The first CAD system we used would lose the database occasionally when saving changes, so we never worked from the original copy and avoided making changes until it was unavoidable. The good old days.

CarveOne

[spyderxxx]

C1

We had a Dec something or other in college. Type your program at a keyboard onto paper tape and load it into the computer. You could save it onto 1/2 magnetic tape.

Ed