my take on a nm145 enclosure

[t300]

Well haven't used the nm145 much, but the little I have, I realized the coolant makes a mess. I had some angle iron lying around, so I just cut it to appropriate length, used 2 pieces per 'post' and tacked the ends, and bolted it to the existing tray. Home Depot has 24x18 Lexan and Optix sections, which are the perfect size, so I was able to use those without any cutting (other than trimming the back pieces a bit). $5 can of Krylon and it looks pretty good. The lexan slides up and out if I want to remove it for whatever reason, which was one of the goals. Just have to pop the 'door' off in front and build a higher frame for it and put some lexan in there as well.

Now, to actually make something!

[SpeedsCustom]

Great job!

[cteufert]

I thought I saw a photo of this enclosure somewhere, must have missed reading this forum post though. Great job. It was one of the ideas that inspired me to come up with the enclosure I did.

Charlie.

[Bob La Londe]

Very nice enclosure. You already started with a tray on the machine that exceeded the travels of the table?

[t300]

I never got around to redoing the front tray. Currently I am going through the machines deficiencies and I will tackle the tray as part of that. My real job and a big yard keep getting in the way though lol

[legendboy]

enclosure looks great

where did you get that predator poster?? i like

[t300]

enclosure looks great

where did you get that predator poster?? i like

lol, no idea, it was a gift probably 15 years ago. if it bleeds, we can kill it ! classic line !