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Hi wizard,

Thank you for your detailed reply. It felt like a bad idea from the beginning :)

Since posting this I have kept redrawing the design and have drawn a box section as you say for the...

Had a quick redesign. Would love to know if you think this is any better:
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I see what you mean with the bearings. Is that why you sometimes see people swap the positions of the rails and bearings. Have the rails mounted to the spindle mount-plate. Otherwise you sacrifice a...

Hi,

Just looking for a quick bit of advice. I'm currently in the process of designing a fixed gantry machine. After looking at a few more designs it seems quite common to conceal the screws and...

Hey KHOUJ,

Thanks for your comment. This style of machine looks like a good bet.

In terms of the exposed rails and screws I forgot to mention I had thought about using bellows to cover them....

Hi everyone,

Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place.

I am looking for some feedback on my design for a small fixed bridge design. I have built a couple of drawing machines but...

Just incase anyone finds this thread and is looking to do the same thing, I have managed to (sort of) achieve what I set out to. The way I have done this is by generating two separate pieces of gcode...

I save my illustrator files in the format .svg then you can open the file in the free software inkscape. You can use the gcode tools extension in inkscape to produce gcode.

Hello,

I am trying to find a way to create gcode which can avoid passing the toolhead over defined regions. I have so far been successful at defining avoid regions in RhinoCAM, however it would...