Gerry, (ger21), if you happen across this post, feel free to share it wherever you want in conjunction with Joint Cam.
I posted a link to your post on the JointCAM forum. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Gary and from what I can see it looks really nice. I cringed when I sat down and totaled everything up, there was so much in odds and ends that I didn't factor in orginally. I finally got a proper dust collector which is so nice compared to the shop vac. It's amazing how much quieter the 2hp dust collector is than the little shop vac I was using.
Looking forward to the finished pictures and a video. Great job with the machine Gary
Gerry, (ger21), if you happen across this post, feel free to share it wherever you want in conjunction with Joint Cam.
I posted a link to your post on the JointCAM forum. Thanks for sharing.
Gerry
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Just for reference - I am reading through forum posts to get up to speed on AVID's Pro series kits. In talking to AVID, they said their leg kit uses an ultra lite 80/20 section and their table (rails and cross members) used the heavier section.
I bought a Pro series kit with standard base a couple of years ago. Avid is very willing to modify to suit customer needs. I believe base parts can be easily up graded to 40 series at extra cost.
These machines are fairly light, if you're considering doing commercial work. I've braced mine to my poured concrete foundation walls and all flex is gone. I initially was running feeds of 200 IPM with 600 IPM rapids, no problems. I've since slowed things down a bit for safety.
G540, Rack and Pinion Drives-X/Y axis, 1/2-Ball Screw-Z Axis w/THK HSR 25 Linear Slides, Steppers KL23H2100-35-4B, Power Supply-KL-600-48