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what 1Jumper10 said :)

Here are some more random clips from the router this last year

https://youtu.be/U9Ul6rcFS0g

Speaking of milling aluminum, here is a tiny test piece i did a couple months ago. This is a 1mm 2 flute ball end mill.
I'm also just using compressed air to clear the chips
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Looking good! Let me know how it works out :)

done

Took some time, but here are the files https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3131943

Thanks :)

I'll upload the parts to thingiverse today, and post the link here.

Sorry for the really slow reply!

Yes, the servos are in and work great. Definitely worth the investment. I had made a temporary 3D printed Z motor mount that ended up causing me a lot of grief...

Well, it's been a while and frankly not much has been done since last I posted. What I did realize though, was that the steppers weren't gonna cut it, but not for the reasons you'd expect.
The...

Thanks :)

Movement! 😊

https://youtu.be/yI8XL2VmQmg

hey!

Progress has been slow, but updates here have been non-existent. So I guess it's time to catch up:

* A quick preliminary test to see if my X and Y axis are close to being square.

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Back from winter holiday, and back to work on the project!

The holes for the first X rail are drilled and tapped.

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Initially I was planing on having the mounting surfaces on the steel...

Glad other people saw it too, and it wasn't just me getting hungry :D

The "grate" is definitely up for design revision. Not really sure it has any significant effect either. I'll need some sort of...

UC300ETH controller card
UCCNC software

Thanks :)

Starting to drill and tap the holes for the linear rails. My mill is way too small to do them all in one shot, so I am drilling 6 holes, moving the tube, indexing off the last hole and then drilling...

I spot drilled the location of the mounting holes in the steel side plates on the CNC router at work.

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More mock-up. Starting to look like something :)

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Making some plywood templates for the side walls until I can get the steel ones drilled and counterbored.

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It's more motivating when the mock-up is starting to look more and more like the final product.
I see clearly now that the 25mm hiwin rails were not too wimpy for this machine [emoji16]

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Bolted and leveled :)

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The base is done. A little bit of welding is left, but it is solid enough to start building on.

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Next I need to drill holes in the concrete for the expansion bolts. The concrete has a lot...

DM860A

60V, 5.8A power supply
stepperdriver set to 3.5A RMS


Btw, I am definitely getting your UCCNC screenset! been using the 2010 screenset for years and I love it :)

The base is getting closer to finished!

Once finished welded, it will be bolted to the floor and meticulously leveled before I start construction of the more critical parts.

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Not really sure where you are getting those numbers, but here is my experience with NEMA34 motors.

My last build used two 9Nm N34 steppers to drive the X axis. They're powering belt driven linear...

Here is his build thread here on cnczone as well :)
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/diy-cnc-router-table-machines/286860-video-fixed-gantry-cnc-router-build.html

I have to mention that a big inspiration for chosing this configuration was This Old Tony's fantastic build and video series on YouTube.

Thanks 😊

The base will be welded directly as it is not super critical. There are some tricks to getting it pretty square even without elaborate weldibg jigs though.
All the tubes that carry the...

Welding started

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Using my table saw as welding jig :D

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