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Thanks Peter. Much appreciated....

And finally, install the vibration dampers.

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Side plate locks everything in place.

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Next is the installation of the side plate.

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Top profile should be level but check anyway.

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And align with the front face of the upright.

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Slide top profile over the braces.

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Repeat on remaining stringers.

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Install brackets on both sides of the upright.

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Slide the profile down between the side plates with the notch facing toward the pan.
(Front side plate omitted for clarification.)

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The upright profile has a notch at the bottom.

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Jig brings the side plates to the same height and aligns them with the front face of the stringer.

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Push the jig under the side plates until it touches the stringer.

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Install side plates on the stringer.

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And the installation jig.

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Next up are the uprights. A pair of side plates and one upright profile.

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All stringers are attached under the pan

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Again, use gauge to push the stringer into correct location and tighten back the bolts.

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Inside stringer pushed under the pan.

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First stringer is installed.

To install stringers under the table, loosen one row of bolts with the T-nuts.

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Push stringer with the gauge until it touches the pan.

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Line up gauge with the end of stringer and tighten down.

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Installing gauge on stringer.

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Stringer pushed through.

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Installing first outside stringer below the pan.

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The pan has six rows of bolts for stringers.

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Starting point is the pan with a T-slot table.
It is watertight and can hold about two gallons of coolant and has vacuum channels built-in.

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Hello everybody,

This is my build thread for a desktop CNC. It features rotating ball nut drives throughout and is designed to incorporate coolant and vacuum cutting.

Mechanical design goal...

I agree with Vlod.

If the bed is held in place with just four clamps at each corner and has only three cross braces underneath for support, all kinds of sags and distortions of the bed should be...

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I had documented my desktop machine build (David A's Benchtop CNC Version 2) about two years ago which has been running well so far.

Images below show the latest iteration of my X/Z...