WidgitMaster's Largest Steel Router Table Project 9ft x 5ft x 8" Water Cooled Spindle

[rustamd]

Hello Russ!
No, when I built BIG RED, I hurt my back lifting all the steel beams, it has been months of chiropractor visits to fix it!
My back is now much better, and I have been thinking of new projects to build!
Funny thing is my entire shop is covered in sawdust

Widgit

Also, glad your back is better.

I still have yet to have time to finish the mini "kit" that I got from you, made few parts, and then actual orders started coming in... that was good few years ago.., been busy machining since.

[widgitmaster]

Hows this?
Its going to be 25" x 11 1/4" x 1 1/2" Yellow Pine, carved 3/4" deep with a 1 1/2" Diam. 90-Deg V-Bit!
I should be able to stain it and sand the top off to give it contrast!
Widgit

[onecut]

Widgetmaster,

How good of detail can you get from Big Red?
Can you get the detail of a dime or penny?

[widgitmaster]

Widgetmaster,

How good of detail can you get from Big Red?
Can you get the detail of a dime or penny?

Actually I haven't made a dime yet, but I have a wooden nickle & a penny!
The Aztec Mayan calendar is proof enough of Big Red's ability to produce detail!
Big Red repeaats within .0005" at lower feedrates, up to 180 IPM, over that the 550-LB weight of the gantry tends to flex the framework. but it never looses steps!
Widgit

[widgitmaster]

Here are more finished products, they were painted by a Disabled Marine with his left arm!

[Bubba]

Now that it is finished, it really POPS!

Fantastic and keep up the good work.

[CNCMAN172]

Very nice work Widgit, we all know Big Red is a fantastic machine, after all we all know who built it.

Russ

[widgitmaster]

Thanks Guys!
Big Red is still kicking out barrel's of sawdust

[greenb_60097]

Today I made up two round cover plates, which have the NEMA34 motor socket in their centers.

Way back here Wigetmaster, where did you get these connectors in the 3rd to last pic. I have these on my auction find router and want to use some more for other connections...

[greenb_60097]

This was on page 30 or so.



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[widgitmaster]

Here are the Mouser.com part numbers for the CPC Circular Pin Connectors



Item: Contacts: Shell: Mouser #
CPC Clamp 11 571-1-206062-6
CPC Plug 4 11 571-2060601
CPC Socket Female 4 11 571-206429-1
CPC Plug Pins 22-18 11 571-665911
CPC Socket Pins 22-18 11 571-665921
CPC Receptacle Panel Male Pin 4 11 571-2060611


CPC Clamp 23
CPC Std Plug 37 23
CPC Socket Female 37 23
CPC Plug Pins 22-18 23
CPC Socket Pins 22-18 23
CPC Std Receptacle Panel Male Pin 37 23 571-2061511

[greenb_60097]

Thanks, Widgit.. I thought there were multiple parts needed, but the digikey cat that I was looking at was so confusing.


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[widgitmaster]

It's been a long time sense my last post on this thread, I was in a horrific motorcycle accident and unable to use my PC at home!
My left foot was severely damaged, and I have a titanium pin in my left ankle!

The incident was not my fault, as I was sitting a red light! There was a car across the street waiting to make a left turn, then a vehicle drove up behind the waiting vehicle, and passed it at high speed making an illegal left turn! Just as my light turned Green, the idiot T-Boned me and totaled my bike! My steel toe work boot was trapped by the roll bar, and something which penetrated the heal of my boot! When I was thrown off the bike, my left foot was ripped out of my boot with enormous force, such that there was no blood in the boot, and the laces were still tied!
The other driver received a ticket for illegal left turn! No helmet, and a dozen stitches on my forehead!
My left foot has a lot of necrotic tissue where it was ripped, the trauma team was amazing as they were able to save my foot! In time the tissue will fall off, and I will require some skin grafting! But it will be a long time before I can walk on it again!

I'm home now, and my life has changed greatly! I hope & pray that I will once again be able to run Big Red, and finish the other projects on my bench!


OMG !

PLEASE LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES, there are people on them!

[Bubba]

Thank God your still with us! Rest easy and get well soon.

Your in our prayers.

[jalessi]

Eric,

Take it easy and rest. I am always available by phone if you get bored.

Jeff...

[widgitmaster]

Thanks guys!

[epineh]

That is a whole lot of ouch!

All the best for your recovery, hope to see you making sawdust again soon.

Russell.

[widgitmaster]

Thanks Russell!

[fretman_2]

Quick recovery dude. Sounds like you have a legal case! I ride too and and it's a worry that something like that could happen!

[widgitmaster]

Quick recovery dude. Sounds like you have a legal case! I ride too and and it's a worry that something like that could happen!

Thanks my friend!
Remember, never ride faster than your angels can fly!