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Just wanted to say again... OH My God...

(and thinking to my self the side arms alone are going to be worth 1000 bucks.)

Also what do you do to get the finish so shiny? must be a trick to...

GEEEEEEESSSS.... Everyone take a moment to look at the way he clamps everything down squares it up..

one look at that and I suddenly have no idea how I will be able to afford the 12x12.... That...

Well here is the gantry with the sections of rod support all bolted in (ok the end 3/8" bolts aren't in both end caps just yet)

Right and left sections are 12" each and the center is 18" leaving...

Darn you Widgitmaster!!!>.

you got me going to the tormach site to read about it and now I want one to...

I'm sure it would be better then my converted gear head (harbor freight) mill... ...

bigger means room for more trouble.. Although in my case it just means I need 2 or 3 of some things (squares, rulers, calipers, screw drivers, allen wrenches ect) since they get spread out all...

6x25 eh? darn... Sounds like my first wood working shop in my raised ranch house. Something like 12x16 In that space I had my radial arm saw, Plainer/molder, joiner, conveyor sander, 14" bandsaw,...

Ya we didn't need to see that..hehe

But you have made your point for sure..hehe


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I would not mind knowing what motor that guy is actually putting into that setup as that company (i've done a little electric air craft flying in my time) makes some super expencive ones and some...

Ya can't get PM's Widget.. But Tried to respond to your message in any case..

I know you are working on many things though..

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we talking about bores the 12x12? guessing your talking more mini's or dremal mounts..hehe

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trip over the one farthest to the left...

Got dibs on the first 12x12.hehe..

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It looks cool although overly complex for the job/ability..

Course if the application required the ability to have work pieces hang out 3 of 4 sides then it would be the answer. Although I'd say...

Ya I'll have to get more pics up.. I got the package with the bar support pieces last night. As a bonus the elevator was attatched to a 12" wide by some 50+" long .5" thick piece of aluminum. Also...

I'm still down for the 12x12.

Although mouth is watering at the thought of one of your mini's for 400 now.. Don't even know how you could do that and make anything with materials what they cost....

Proj has a point about the 3 and the torque generated by rotation force (sorta like I was saying).. I went with 4 because it "looked" righter to me with the idea in my head.

My machine is for...

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And yes I emailed a guy named ron who put me in touch with the proper sales lady..

They are not cheep though at 22 bucks a pop,,

Also said something about not having them much longer or...

You should take a look at my thread in this area with my 4x8' router pics. http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24582

I'm doing vgrove bearings. Only thing about a 3 wheeled design I...

On my rack I'm splitting the 1/2" shaft so I could sync the 2 pinions. I thought about building an indexing plate or degree plate (like they use for timing cams or something) but will start with an...

THe design for my mill conversion used servos thus my power supply/controller is a servo controller (rather then stepper)..

Other then that I don't really have a real reason although I'm not...

Sounds like a good plan on spending on the steel. Although as my machine gains weight I've been getting more sensitive to what I chose to use.. Course the table can gain as much weight as it wants...

Wow.. 3x3x1/4 tube.. That is a lot of weight. Interesting design ideas here.

I'm just a dope in the process of making my own with not as heavy material (althou my legs are 3x2 by either 3/16...

Here are a few more pics of the gantry legs on.

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Yes.. SPEED!! is something I will be looking for on a smaller if I get one of the 12x12's in the future.. I'm still concerned with the speeds I will be able to drive my 4x8 design given it's...

I'd say you should build in adjustment..

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The bearings ride on the 1-1/4" thin walled (think 1/8th) square tube..

That is welded to C channel often refered to as B-line channel or Unastrut Can be found at Home depot or lowes if you are...

Also new are the clamping slots for the 1" rods are cut, drilled and tapped in the end plates (see diagnal cut to the center of the rod holes..) I thought that addition was going to be harder to do...

I just forced them to start the trace for me (they rather have the shipper do it since they have to file the $$ claim)

Anyway I got my rack mounted and my trollie mounted to my support end plates....

UPS still has my package in IL as an arival scan..

Although they have updated the expected delivery date to nothing so at least they got something right..

So who knows when my bar supports...

6' eh?? some one talked ya down ..hehe From one novis to another I'll do it from the one end and see how things go. If it pivots because of it perhaps I will install the extra 4 vgrove bearings I...

Ok.. I have mounted my racks to the end rails.. And have pretty much come to the conclusion that dispite perhaps loosing maybe 1/2" of clearence under the gantry where the pullie would be (I could...