Reply with QuoteGot it all welded up and painted (Rustoleum Hammered), the electronics are in the post... making some progress.
Few update pics:
Latest SolidWorks render:
Cheers,
Thanks for the info tskguy. I will probably only fill parts of the bed. The moving gantry weight will be 50kg as it is, but if the steppers can handle it I might fill it as well.
Planning on using 2x 380ozin steppers and G540 to move the gantry, and 10mm lead ballscrews.
Got it all welded up and painted (Rustoleum Hammered), the electronics are in the post... making some progress.
Few update pics:
Latest SolidWorks render:
Cheers,
Last edited by Boomslang; 04-30-2011 at 02:14 PM.
Nice!
Good going! It's definitely a beast...
Extended the legs and cemented them into the ground. Also filled the them up.
PIC:
Cheers,
looks like its leaning. maybe its just me 8)
It's the floor that's "leaning", the machine is 100% level.
That's pretty serious stuff, ie cementing it into the ground...
Personally I would have preferred that the machine could be moved around, and since it has a solid frame maybe even put some braked-wheels on it. Even if it needed some floor packing to make it sit level.
All that metal and cement and you have a wooden z axis???? Doesnt make much sense to me? Why not finish the job right?
Eric
oops double post sorry ...
I hope to cut a proper Z axis from alluminium using the macine, so the wood is only temporary.Originally Posted by tskguy
Might be over-killThat's pretty serious stuff, ie cementing it into the ground...
Personally I would have preferred that the machine could be moved around, and since it has a solid frame maybe even put some braked-wheels on it. Even if it needed some floor packing to make it sit level.When I can afford bigger steppers or servos I can fill the machine with epoxy-granite and cut stainless-steel with it ...hehe ok maybe not S/S......
Ok that makes sense! Im sure that thing will perform very well!!! How heavy is it?
All up weight (excl concrete) is about 170kg. The gantry moving weight will be 53kg (the metal part of gantry as in the photo is 25kg).
Do you have a hard time opening the cabinet doors with the machine in front of them?
http://www.glenspeymillworks.com Techno LC4896 - 2.2Kw Water Cooled Spindle | Moving Table Mill from Omis 3 CMM, 500Lb granite base | Epilog Legend 32 Laser Engraver
It took a bit longer than I thought it would, but she's running!!!
Some pics:
Rifle inletting (Theoben Rapid) half way done...
Also played around with CAD, practicing drawing a rifle etc...
