Started building my first (Joe's) router

[David Da Costa]

Okay so it's Monday and the plan for this week are

1. to put a top coat on the two x-axis end pieces (primed last week).
2. Glue in two replacement ribs for the x-axis (to replace my small mishap a couple of weeks back.
3. Put skins on x-axis.
4. build and paint lower torsion box for gantry and add to gantry.
5. Paint x-axis base
6. Add 1/4-20 threaded rod to x-axis base
7. Add bearing, motor mounts etc to x-axis
8. Install gantry onto x-axis base
9. Install limit / home switches
10. Make another video

Let's see how far I get.

David

[tajord]

Ok dave, time to let her rip "rev rev"

[David Da Costa]

I have now finished painting the two x-axis table end pieces. You will notice in the picture where I show the front of one piece and the back of the other that I masked of the area that joins to the rest of the table.

Although I do not intend to glue the end pieces to the table I wanted to leave myself the option in case I do, thus the unpainted area.

The replacement ribs are now glued in place on the x-axis table along with the bottom skin. I next will be gluing on the top skin and then a big paint job.

I have also put together the skeleton of the lower torsion box for the gantry and will next be gluing on the two skins prior to painting.

Thats it for now.

David

[David Da Costa]

The x-axis base construction is now complete so next job on that is to paint it.

The lower torsion box for the gantry is also complete and yesterday I got the paint primer on and today I hope to get the top coat on then to assemble it onto the gantry.

[David Da Costa]

The lower torsion box for the gantry is now complete and assembled onto the gantry as you can see in the picture.

Today I have been priming the x-axis base and will hope to have it fully painted next week ready for final assembly.

Have a great holiday everyone.

David

[tajord]

man david, you got everything looking so neat & clean, though i've seen joe's machine b4, i can't wait to see your finish product.

Keep up the good work.

[Robert M]

Nice work David.
Thanks for sharing.
All the best for this seasons holidays.
Robert M

[ccsparky]

Originally Posted by David Da Costa The lower torsion box for the gantry is now complete and assembled onto the gantry as you can see in the picture. Today I have been priming the x-axis base and will hope to have it fully painted next week ready for final assembly. Have a great holiday everyone. David

David, that's is some excellent work! I really like the use of the igus cable!
How much do you need for the complete project?

Merry Christmas to you and all.

[David Da Costa]

Thanks ccsparky.

I used about 24" of igus for the z axis and about 34" for the y. Both were different sizes that I got as a job lot of ebay.

Still need to get some for the x-axis.

David

[joecnc2006]

David very nice work, you are starting to make my machine look bad... lol

seriously, i love your build. and your website, look forward to other modifications you will be doing.

Joe

[David Da Costa]

Well thank you for the compliment Joe!

I actually got the topcoat on the x-axis base today and then before I new it I had the pipes and gantry on the base and it moves nice and smooth.

I will take some pictures after tomorrow and post.

Next to get the x-axis motor etc on and then it's time for a new video.

All the best

David

[bp092]

David nice cable carriers. Does the seller you got them from sell a lot of them? Have their ID? I'm thinking of going that route as well to keep everything out of the way of the machine.