ron39's Solsylva Beltdrive 48x72 log

[MJCMendonca]

Very nice Ron! Very impressed with the video ... I was showing it to the wife last night to get her to support the construction of the new big table! I am trying to score some points with the "see how happy the family is with their new piece of furniture". LOL

I am not sure if you already discussed this but in retrospect, are there any changes you wish you would have considered during your building process?


Congrats again!

[ron39]

MJCMendonca - changes...well I was limited by shop space, but if I had more room I would have made it a little longer. I haven't had any problems yet since I typically cut 5x5 foot sheets of baltic birch plywood - but it might be nice to take an 8 foot sheet of plywood.

I am interested in Joe's work on using the V-bearings. It takes a bit of alignment to get the skate bearings setup on the black pipe - but really overall I am quite happy.

Oh but if you haven't read my previous comments - this build is a mod of the solsylva machine - I made it a foot wider, and didn't use the idler pulleys as he designed them, those were the biggest changes I made.

[CarveOne]

ron39,

Ubuntu and EMC are running fine. I've looked at EMC2 screens but haven't played with the option to "cut air" so far. I don't have my cnc router wired up so I can't brag or complain about how EMC2 works yet. I don't have much time to devote to the router or to EMC2 at the moment due to building a new 30' x 40' workshop, with the foundation work starting tomorrow.

The things that I will make initially are parts for UAVs and wind tunnel models that I build with my employer. Other home projects for fun and profit will surely happen also.

CarveOne

[putapeter]

ron39,

Great product! Have you considered approaching one or more of the big "assemble yourself " places such as Home Depot to market your chair design?

Peter

[ron39]

Peter - thanks for the compliment.

I've considered designing and selling some furniture - whether to outsource the manufacturing (similar to your idea), sell the plans and/or pieces through a source like www.ponoko.com, or locally and/or a website since it can be flat packed (similar to www.untothislast.co.uk)

For those wondering about updates to the router, I've modified the Z carriage. I bought a router mount from K2, and attached it to a .25 thick piece of aluminum since I started running into problems of the metal strapping not holding the router as rigid as required for faster / deeper cutting.