Hi everyone,
It’s been a long while since my last post. Was dealing with some health issues and also super busy with work.
Yesterday I placed an order for some aluminium to finally make a start on the CNC. I was told it may take up to two weeks for delivery due to supply issues and flooding this past week. It’s taken me this long to get started, another couple of weeks won’t hurt.
We recently replaced the solar panels on our roof and I decided to keep all of the mounting hardware from the old panels which included a bunch of extrusions (see attached image). I couldn’t bear to see those all go to the garbage. I’m wondering if these extrusions would be suitable to use in the base of the machine as T-Slots for securing work pieces if they are laid flat at intervals with strips of MDF in between? The top of the MDF would sit higher than the extrusion so it can be surfaced. Or make the base entirely out of these extrusions instead of MDF and use a sacrificial piece of wood under work pieces as required. Any thoughts?