Joe's 2006 in OH

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HobbyCNC. Dave lives about 10 minutes from me so it was a no-brainer as I could just go pick it up.

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Just a quick update.

1. Got the Z carriage built and primed.
2. Almost all of the gantry is glued up, but needs to be primed and assembled
3. Fit together the bottom torsion box. Looks like an exciting glue up on that!!
4. Joe is cutting some new AB blocks for me to fit the dumpster anti-backlash nuts with the flange for the 1/2"-8 2 start I am using throughout.
5. Received all my cable carriers I got off eBay (great source for cheap one's if you're looking)
6. Received my ATC parts from High Tech Systems.
7. Received the 1/4" collets from Enco for the ATC
8. Got the PC rebuilt and the new monitor came in.
9. Trying to reorganize the shop as well to make room for this as well as improve the work flow in there.

Won't get much done the rest of the week as I am out of town. So far it is coming along slowly, slower than I had hoped but that is just due to lack of time. Darn customers keep ordering stuff from me and cutting into my cnc build time!

Sorry no pictures yet, trying to dedicate the time I have to getting it built.

[bp092]

Sounds as though you are making great progress and going in the right direction. I'm happy people have been fairly vocal about their modifications with joes06 machine because many people are avoiding previous hardware and going straight for the good stuff saving a ton of money and time tinkering.

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Been a while since I posted an update. My business has been so busy I haven't had much time to devote to getting this router done though. I finally got caught up about a week ago and have devoted some time to getting this finished. And then the big "Oh S$#%!". I was assembling the big bottom torsion box this week. Last night I was putting on the MDF skin on one side and noticed that I had glued in 2 of the cross members backwards! I didn't even notice that they stuck out different amounts on the sides! So now I am stuck. Is there any way to fix this or should I just email Joe (or some other nice person whom I will gladly pay)and get him to recut all the pieces for me for the bottom? I was so disappointed because I was finally making good progress on this thing. Oh well, I can still keep working on other things until this debacle gets fixed.

[calgrdnr]

Howdy fade2black,

Sorry to hear about your misfortune. You might be able to hand cut the long side to match the short side and maybe someone can cut you a piece of the long side from the outside of the x axis to the pipe recess . that way you can glue it right over the short piece and if you had two made for each you good sandwich it with the short piece in the center. I hope you understand what I am saying if not I will try draw it. I think this fix would work or at least enable you to complete your build and cut your own …. Just my 2 cents on the matter..


Good luck

Kent

[bp092]

Sorry to hear about the problem. There are two things you can do. But first break it apart. You should be able to save one of the two parts. If you didnt finish gluing use one of the parts as a template. Cut out leave a 1/16th-1/8th and clamp it down and rout the rest with a flush trim bit. Second option is to get those parts cut again. If you can manage to save the rest and just lose the ones you put in wrong, then you aren't in bad shape. Joe could probably cut the parts for you since a few ribs isn't that much work but if he is busy shoot me an email and I can cut them for you by this weekend.

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Originally Posted by bp092 Sorry to hear about the problem. There are two things you can do. But first break it apart. You should be able to save one of the two parts. If you didnt finish gluing use one of the parts as a template. Cut out leave a 1/16th-1/8th and clamp it down and rout the rest with a flush trim bit. Second option is to get those parts cut again. If you can manage to save the rest and just lose the ones you put in wrong, then you aren't in bad shape. Joe could probably cut the parts for you since a few ribs isn't that much work but if he is busy shoot me an email and I can cut them for you by this weekend.

I think the best bet is to just rebuild it. Do it right the first time I emailed Joe earlier today and haven't heard back yet. If I don't hear from him by tomorrow night I'll PM you. Thank you very much for the offer too!!

-Paul

[joecnc2006]

I have some extra ones and the other parts, send me an e-mail will all contact info and i will send out friday.

Joe

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Email sent. Thanks Joe!!!