Joe's router in Ohio.

[Rooney]

Figured I'd start a thread. Picked up a camcorder with still photo. Not too pleased with the quality. Maybe it's just how I have it set up. Anyway, I finally finished my aluminum angle slides. So here's the photo. Actually, I think my phone takes better pictures.

Have all my fasteners and a friend is getting pipe and such. Still have to order motors and build my pc. Waiting on the kit and insulating an area in my garage to operate in.

Been following a lot of your threads.....inspiring really.

What do you think of the photo?

[TCGliderguy]

What do I think of the photo? Speaking as a professional photographer for the past 30 years..... I think you should send the file to one of the digital labs that makes BIG prints.... get a 30x40 or a 40x60 made... frame it..... and take it to one of the "fine art" galleries. I suspect you could sell it for enough to pay for you machine..... :-) And I am only about half kidding.... I've seen less mysterious, less interesting images sell for a BUNCH of money.....

Good luck with your machine... and welcome to the fray!

-Taylor

[Khalid]

haha... nice i think u r joking with us by showing those abstractart....

[Nitroghost]

pretty dark pic but, they look good. how are you going to attach the rails to the wood? i see the holes for the bolts but after that how do you attach them? Welcome to the boards by the way.

Jim

[Khalid]

BEST COMMENT OF THE WEEK:
""""What do I think of the photo? Speaking as a professional photographer for the past 30 years..... I think you should send the file to one of the digital labs that makes BIG prints.... get a 30x40 or a 40x60 made... frame it..... and take it to one of the "fine art" galleries. I suspect you could sell it for enough to pay for you machine..... :-) And I am only about half kidding.... I've seen less mysterious, less interesting images sell for a BUNCH of money.....

Good luck with your machine... and welcome to the fray!"""""""""

[Rooney]

I think I may have that one enlarged.

Thanks for the replies.

Rooney

[Khalid]

By the way Rooney, I am curious about ur bhilt and i will continue watching...

[Rooney]

I ordered my acme, couplers, and drill rod last night. Slowly but surely building up the necessary parts.

Question..........Did most of you guys build your computers specifically for the controller or did you modify one? I'm wondering where to purchase a pc that has a parallel port and necessary hardware/software for the application.

[DeWalt58]

Hi Roony, in answer to your question about computer.....I build my own computers and had a spare so used it. I think its best to have a computer just for the machine and NOT hooked up to the internet. Keep very little software on the machine, NO virus checkers etc...just your driver program, G-code files, I use Mach3 driver software, running on a 3 GIG P4 with 2 Gig memory. Less problems this way with computer, no updates from windows etc...all stays the same every time you use it. I run my CAD and SheetCam programs on another computer and transfer G-codes by 3-1/2" floppy to machine computer. So once its all set up, its always the same for me.

Cheers
dewalt58

[Rooney]

Thanks DeWalt58. I think that I'm going to order a barebones kit from tigerdirect. The prices seem good and I think I should be able to assemble it myself.......hopefully. I already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse. So I think I can get by with minimal cost.

Thanks for the reply.

Originally Posted by DeWalt58 Hi Roony, in answer to your question about computer.....I build my own computers and had a spare so used it. I think its best to have a computer just for the machine and NOT hooked up to the internet. Keep very little software on the machine, NO virus checkers etc...just your driver program, G-code files, I use Mach3 driver software, running on a 3 GIG P4 with 2 Gig memory. Less problems this way with computer, no updates from windows etc...all stays the same every time you use it. I run my CAD and SheetCam programs on another computer and transfer G-codes by 3-1/2" floppy to machine computer. So once its all set up, its always the same for me. Cheers dewalt58

[Rooney]

Just figured out that the stepper motor mounting hole and shaft dimensions are different from supplier to supplier. What supplier is spec'd. I was going to go with keling, but not so sure now. Who did you all use?

[joecnc2006]

Usually a nema 23 motor has the same mounting dimensions. I know all i have gotten are the same, hobbycnc, kilene etc.

where did you see them different?

Joe