What Do You All Think?

[Starwoes]

Hey Spindle Heads!!

I have been eyeing this forum for a while now. I haven't actually built a machine yet but I have tossed ideas around in my head for a while coupled with what I get to read here.

The other day, I was checking out the Machinery's Handbook and saw something I thought would be cool to build. I finally decided to put something on paper...eh, on electrons I mean. I fired up the CAD and drew something rough without dimensions or anything. Just a box layout. Well, I guess the purpose of this posting is to have you experts take a look at the pictures. Contribute as liberally as possible to make this a cheap and easy build.

If it's not worth the effort to build too, please let me know as I have nada experience in these things. The primary goal for putting a design like this together is to have motor flexibility at the expense of rigidity. I know many probably do not ever intend on machining steel and hard aluminum etc. Flexibility will do them just fine tx. If neither flex nor rigidity has to be sacrificed to make the design work, please let me know. If the design gets enhanced enough from this Site and there happens to be additional interest, I'll go the extra mile to complete all specs and post them on here for those interested.

Keep spindling and until we meet again, take care........

[Al_The_Man]

This is basically a horizontal mill configuration, I would say you only have the capability for only the lightest of operation due to lack of rigidity etc.
Al.

[DieGuy]

Most horizontal mills I have seen have the X-Y table seperated from the Z axis which is a heavy duty piece of cast iron to prevent deflection of the Z.