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Yesterday, I installed a new cable management system for the X axis.. Was tired of broken vacuum hoses... Finally broke down and bought a cable chain, and built a mounting system and supports for it...

It does nothing structurally, limits my travel not in any way.. It's only purposes is a solid mounting point for the vacuum hose.. Holds things at the right angle so that there is no stress on the...

My first ever YouTube Video!
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So, to deal with how the liquid tight conduit carrying all the cables to the Z Axis carriage kept flopping over and causing issues with the vacuum hose becoming chaffed (and eventually tearing), I...

what size were the magnets?

So now I am redoing the vacuum system....

I made a custom bracket out of unistrut, and attached it to the back of the Y axis carriages with some long bolts as standoffs... I ran some 2" ABS under...

I had installed a PCI parallel port card in the PC that I got from PMDX, and even though I had installed the drivers, carefully wired and assigned the ports and pins, verified that the PMDX was...

Next I replaced a couple of cables to reflect the change in the way I was going to do homing/limits, pulled them back in the W/T conduit, and mounted the conduit back to the Z Axis Carriage (but this...

So, most of the way done.... here's a pictorial story of things.. ;)

Installed the new upgraded ACME nut, replaced the bearings on the Z Axis Carriages, and assembled them to the Z plate..
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on your gantry and risers, why not use MDF instead of plywood?... much flatter, denser, straighter and less prone to blowouts when machining/cutting... It is much less prone to warpage.. and like...

Nearing the end of my gantry rebuild (actually used it for a project I had to get out the door and will update the build thread soon), and now I'm redoing the vacuum system... I had a fixed show...

Installed and adjusted the new Y axis Rails using the new aluminum spacer blocks.. From the measured rail to rail at about 10 places and it's with .006... 'WAY' better than before....

Rebuilt Y...

Yes, the wooden risers I had built were not very rigid at all... when I would screw up and hit something (leave something on the rails or forget to take the battery drill off the table, etc.) and...

Looking through the instructions on your site, it 'appears' that I just leave the long bolt in the fixed bearing, turn the carriage upside down, and mount the tensioner bracket on it... So, unless I...

If I mount it all as in the picture, the little black allen head adjustment screws won't be accessible.... so am I supposed to mount it upside down and use the long bolt for the tensioner on the...

Cory, I got the first set of four carriages rebuilt (the bearings you guys sent me in the first order of them was short one, but I didn't order enough of them anyways, so we can make that up when I...

that's what cory just said elsewhere... I'm gonna give it a try with a C clamp.... Easier than I thought... thanks!

Thanks Cory...

The purpose of this rebuild is to remove as much mechanical slop/backlash as possible.... I noticed that you guys have a new shaft coupler.. I have the older helical coupler (that...

Need to replace the bearings in my carriages... I don't have a press... was thinking of using a drill press with a drill bit installed backwards... would this work? What size bit should I use? ...

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Has anybody ever replaced the press fit bearing in the standard carriages before? I was thinking of using a drill press and inverted drill bit to do this? Will that work or do I need something with...

The offensive Gantry mounts that are flexing...

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There was also an issues with the hose rubbing against the corner of the gantry riser causing it to eventually tear, so I will be replacing the hose and coming up with a better mounting method than...

Dust Shoe to be replaced

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So the first thing I did yesterday was to drill/cut the new rails for the Y and Z axis...

I screwed up pretty much right off the bat... I put blue machinists marking dye every where I wanted to...

Been a while since I've been around...

Been making stuff, building up the shop, developing tips and tricks, trying to make a little money, dealing with health/money issues, getting old.. :p
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Yes it does... Way too expensive right now for that considering all the other equipment I need still just to get up and running..

There was some guy down in town the week before Christmas that...

I bought this HVLP Spray station from Rockler a couple months ago, and have used it a half dozen times now (So far only with two part lacquer), and I gotta say, it was a very good investment.. It has...

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