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    Default Been in the making for a while

    Took me 3 years to actually have enough space in my garage to build this beast but its going together pretty well.

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    Default Re: Been in the making for a while

    Looks great! Keep us updated on the progress. Decided on electronics yet?

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    Default Re: Been in the making for a while

    Thanks, what a bear of a build, convinced the local high school shop teacher cut the pieces on the schools machine here, finished the first drive today, woohoo! Only two more to go .................

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    Default Re: Been in the making for a while

    Quote Originally Posted by WoodWorkerB View Post
    Decided on electronics yet?
    Ummmmmmm. I bought a kit on Ebay when I first started this project, looks similar to this:



    Not sure about hook up yet but that is where my starting point is.

    Advice?

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    Default Re: Been in the making for a while

    Buy a second one to replace this one when it craps out!
    Keep posting photos!

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    Default Re: Been in the making for a while

    All the drives are in and working, now on to wiring the beast!

    Anyone have a walk through for the next steps in this process?

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    Wow...looking good!



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    Default Re: Been in the making for a while

    Quote Originally Posted by Rumblebelly View Post
    All the drives are in and working, now on to wiring the beast!

    Anyone have a walk through for the next steps in this process?
    Yup throw out the board you bought, its garbage....



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    Default Re: Been in the making for a while

    well throwing it out at the moment is an option as I don't have the extra funds (or permission from my wife) to upgrade it, maybe down the road. For now im stuck with it.

    I am on the fence about what software to use, I think I have landed on LinuxCNC as my choice (free is good) but want to see what others have to say.

    Thanks for the encouragement on this, when I received all the parts and started putting it together I must admit I was a little discouraged by all the details that seemed to keep coming up but it really is pretty simple for anyone with the slightest mechanical inclination. So long as you remember to keep everything as square as possible this goes together pretty easily.

    Hoping to be cutting on the machine this weekend so crack a cold one for me cause im going back to work!



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    Default Re: Been in the making for a while

    have not been able to do much work on the machine the last couple days but I did manage to figure out a few things on the router carriage and get it mostly build, also started mounting the computer and control panel at the end of the machine for control.

    Still hoping to get this thing functioning this weekend if possible but things have really be slowed down for me, keeping family and work life balanced is a lot harder as you get older.

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    Just stumbled onto your build thread. Your machine looks very good in your last post. Where are you at with it?



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