Pics of my enclosure

[compunerdy]

I made it using 80/20 products. It cost a arm and 3 leggs but I like the end product. Just need to move my E-stop now.







Tim

[SpeedsCustom]

Wow, that is quite beautiful

Great job there, very professional.

[dertsap]

very nice ,
that's clearly a well thought out and absolutely the best setup that anyone has posted on the zone yet

[Rally]

Originally Posted by dertsap very nice , that's clearly a well thought out and absolutely the best setup that anyone has posted on the zone yet

A Electronic Cabinet in a wet enclosure don't seem such a good Idea to me, and if your not planing on plashing coolant why spend the big bucks on an enclosure.
But that is just my opinion!

[dertsap]

Originally Posted by Rally A Electronic Cabinet in a wet enclosure don't seem such a good Idea to me, and if your not planing on plashing coolant why spend the big bucks on an enclosure. But that is just my opinion!

do you have a better alternative to offer ?

[tobyaxis]

Originally Posted by dertsap do you have a better alternative to offer ?

LOL, I do. Move the whole panel to the front of the enclosure and seal off the old location. It will cost more but at least it will be in a better location.

What I do not understand is why the E-Stop is in a place where you would have to reach across the work area to stop the machine. To me it should be on the head, but that is just me I guess.

First rule in machine design, Make it as Safe as Possible within a reasonable cost margin!!! Then again, that is just me, LOL

[tobyaxis]

Oh, and it looks great too. Nice work!!

[dertsap]

Originally Posted by tobyaxis LOL, I do. Move the whole panel to the front of the enclosure and seal off the old location. It will cost more but at least it will be in a better location.

it is an alternative but is it really necessary ? the machines are designed to sit on a bench top , run flood coolant and make chips , so how does someone end up having a problem by building an enclosure to keep chips from bouncing off the 4 walls in the shop ?

[tobyaxis]

Originally Posted by dertsap it is an alternative but is it really necessary ? the machines are designed to sit on a bench top , run flood coolant and make chips , so how does someone end up having a problem by building an enclosure to keep chips from bouncing off the 4 walls in the shop ?

LOL, I never use the E-Stop. Reset works best, not to mention I use Predator Virtual CNC for proving out Complex Programs mainly 3D Machining on Fixtures, 4th Axis etc.

With this specific configuration I can see chips causing serious problems with the switches/buttons. BTW at 65IPM, I never use coolant, only for Spot, Drill, and Tapping operations. Today's tooling can handle those low feeds and speeds with moderate wear as long as you do a little tweaking. LOL, at 65IPM, that would be spotting or drilling. Milling is usually 250 to 550IPM for the parts I work on and higher is the machine has HSM.

I do like this enclosure, but there is no reason why the Panel can't be moved to the front of the machine away from the work being done. This is my personal opinion of coarse. I only offered a suggestion.

How have you been buddy?? Still got plenty of work??

[stedgar]

Nice work, do you have your material list of the parts you used from 80/20. I have been putting off an encloser like this for some time now. For those that don.t think something like this is a good idea, I submit that you don't use your mill much. When you start using the mill to profile and surface aluminium blocks the chips do fly. My wife gets real tired of vacuuming my trail from the garage to the rest room in the house. I think this encloser is the best I have seen on any forum. It is well thought out. I would like to get your materials list so I can start saving for my own.


Just my 2 cents!

[tobyaxis]

Originally Posted by stedgar Nice work, do you have your material list of the parts you used from 80/20. I have been putting off an encloser like this for some time now. For those that don.t think something like this is a good idea, I submit that you don't use your mill much. When you start using the mill to profile and surface aluminium blocks the chips do fly. My wife gets real tired of vacuuming my trail from the garage to the rest room in the house. I think this encloser is the best I have seen on any forum. It is well thought out. I would like to get your materials list so I can start saving for my own. Just my 2 cents!

Get an Indoor/Outdoor Plastic Carpet for the entry way. Works great!!

[R.DesJardin]

Looks really nice but that had to cost a bunch, I did mine from 1" tube steel and used drawer slides for the acrylic doors, thin aluminum for the rest.
Also I don't keep my tools in where they will get coolant and chips all over them. I wish I would have put doors on each end for cleaning out the chips.
Oh yeah your guard is top notch, we use 80/20 stuff at work a lot. Great job.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...ight=enclosure