CarveOne's Work Table CNC Router Build

[Khalid]

good progress so far CarveOne... I wish to see the pictures of snow outside your workshop... Hope you are enjoying the build

[CarveOne]

You are clairvoyant Khalid,

The weather forecast for tonight is 4" to 6" (maybe a little more) accumulation of snow beginning sometime after midnight. I will take a couple of photos for you before going to work. The snow should be coming down heavily by then and will continue for most of the day.

I will pick up some 1-1/4" steel angle and 3/4" steel round stock tomorrow for making the x axis parts. I already have the 3/8" x 4" steel flat stock for the bearing plates. Looks like I'll be having lots of fun with the lathe and mill for a while. Lots of parts to make.

Exporting the drawings in .gif format didn't help much for image quality but they at least show what the CAD files will look like for determining if the viewer wants to bother downloading the files and checking out the details. These files are for review (or entertainment) value only at this point in the build.


CarveOne

[CarveOne]

Khalid,
The snow started later than predicted and we may not get more than 4". This is about normal for this area. Here is what we have so far.

CarveOne

[Khalid]

wow....cool man you are living in heaven.. what a beautiful scene your shop added value to the scenery too... It looks Great

In our northern areas, currently we have snow fall...and very chill there... Hey man care yourself... we want to see your built

[Khalid]

oops.. Just come back to say thank you for beautiful picture..No doubt, it refreshed my mind...

[CarveOne]

Thanks for the compliments Khalid! The snow did not get any deeper than in the photo. It changed directions during the day and stopped accumulating earlier than expected.

I would say the same about your mountain photos with your friends and your home photo.

CarveOne

[CarveOne]

The weather is supposed to be warm enough to spend significant time in the work shop Saturday and Sunday.

Picked up the 1-1/4" angle and 3/4" round stock needed for completing the X axis parts this week. Will spend much of the weekend time cutting and turning metal.

I have a partially completed a construction drawing of the work table that is being converted to a cnc machine. I'll try to post that file by this weekend.

CarveOne

[CarveOne]

I had an unexpected day off work so I got an early start on making the steel parts.

First, I cut the right angle brackets with the metal cutting band saw and cleaned up the rough edges on my 12" disk sander. I will drill the round and slotted holes in them tomorrow.

I spent most of the afternoon turning the lead screw extensions on the lathe. These have a 1/4" tail on them for the stepper motor couplers. The section that fits the 1/2" ID bearings is a very close slip fit that takes a while to custom fit. The 1/2" hole in the end for the lead screw is just center drilled in the lathe. They fit onto the ACME rods pretty well. During installation I'll drill a hole through the extension and ACME rod and press in a roll pin to tie them together.

The 1/2" ID collars will be made tomorrow, and then start working on the bearing plates and stepper motor plates.

Ahren Johnson at www.cncrouterparts.com says that I should receive my order of linear carriages in a day or two.

More photos to be posted over the weekend.

CarveOne

[CarveOne]

My employer called last evening and said that the local post office was holding a package for me. Since we did not work yesterday, they couldn't be delivered to my work location.

I picked up these lovely machined parts this morning. These are really nice Ahren. Thanks much. Can't wait to get all of this stuff assembled into a working machine.

CarveOne

[ahren]

CarveOne,
I'm glad you like the parts -- looking forward to seeing them in action!

Best regards,

Ahren
www.cncrouterparts.com

[CarveOne]

Me too Ahren,

I assembled a short and long carriage and tried them on the one of the rails. These really do roll nice. Feels like zero friction.

Here are three more parts I've completed so far today. These are for the rear of the two X axis lead screws and the Y axis lead screw. Not sure yet if I will need one for the Z axis. (Get your red hot chips here, bring your own salsa please!)

Onward to making the right angle brackets now. These will connect the bearing plates to the rails of the X and Y axis.

CarveOne

[Khalid]

CarveOne..Great job so far.. Are you doing the lathe work yourself??... I thought you are a woodworker but seems you are a good machininst.. I think your next project will be to convert the Lathe to CNC..

Good progress...