the true test

[dertsap]

my first real test for the system ,5 1/2 hrs machine time , little over 480,000 lines of code " Iron Maidens Trooper "

[Kammo1]

That is "AWESOMME!!!!!!!!!!!" what machine did you use to do that homemade ??also what software that is amazing

[dertsap]

ya i did it on my homemade table , the software is image to g code demo , it is a wicked little piece of software the pictures don t quite do it justice , that is a tough picture to throw at it , but it rendered it quite well , i think that i m going to have to buy that software out of all the demo s i ve looked at this is by far the easiest and works really well , i d recommend it to any one, the carving is 12'' x 8.5'' at .15 deep
next is the Live after death poster

[Kammo1]

Many thanks for the reply greatly appreciated, any pics of your machine ??

[dertsap]

i posted one in the past , but redid the gantry and z axis so it doesn t look the same ,
i ll try to post some soon , its still a little awkward looking , still needs a few mods done
but i m overall pretty happy with the way it performs

[phantomcow2]

WEll done! That is an excellent carving, must be a good machine. I'de like to see pictures also.
WHat cutting tools did you use?

[dertsap]

1/4'' spot drill with a .02 step over .01 step over would have been perfect but too much time to cut at that

[dertsap]

here are some pics , the table is 24 x 48 i need to build some solid motor mounts ,these ones are temp , the motors are vexta nema 34 285 oz motors , connected to 3/4- 6 acme lead screws , driver is a fet3 , i bought a 24 - 28v power one power supply from ebay , at this point of time it rapids at 80- 100ipm but i keep it at 60 and cut at 50 to avoid any trouble , i need to correct a past post i made because at some point i had put it to half steps so the software was showing 160 ipm (i thought something didnt seem right)
but even at 60 ipm contented ,well for now

[dertsap]

the latest pic ,
machine isn t much to look at but it does cut well ,got my eyes on a wack off aluminum at work the are planning to throw out , looks like i ll be doing the real build sooner than i thought


metal heads have never died we just cut our hair

[ImanCarrot]

Absolutely awesome work man!

[Semisentient]

Yup, and some of us old metalheads go bald...

Great job! I can't wait to make mine. I'm in the parts aquiring phase right now. Gonna start on the torsion box this week.

There are just so many cool things to do with these routers!


James

[dertsap]

nice to come home after the grunt and just play , i love to run cnc , but work is work and this is my own lil piece of mind , can t wait to do the alumiminum machine , this one was to see how good it can be before i sunk myself into something that wasn t worth it ,
and was it worth it to go this far , HELL YA