Hi All,
I've been quietly building my router while lurking on here. Would have been finished along time ago if not waiting an extraordinary long time for parts to be delivered (stepper drivers arrived today, ordered 2 1/2 - 3 weeks ago). I ordered the rockcliff parts kit 3 from a company on ebay not sure if im aloud to name them on here but easily searched for. The kit basically contained all the rails, acme threaded rod, linear bearings and pillow blocks, lovejoy connectors nuts for the threaded rods and i also ordered some carriers for the nuts. The kit meant i had to make a few changes along the way but this machine was all about learning the ropes.
Anyway i've been taking photo's along the way and thought i'de share my experiences/mistakes along the way so it will hopefully help someone else in the same way this forum has helped me (pass it on and all that).
This post and attachments are basically day 1 in the build. I added a few of my own ideas for stiffening up the main frame of the machine i'll find out if any of this was a good idea later (comments welcome).
Right working through the attachments......
basedry.jpg-
I boxed in the base and biscuit jointed the parts together (i used biscuits throughout the frame).
bisuitybox.jpg -
For the Y axis back plate i went with a box section again joined using biscuits and glue.
ribsuprights.jpg -
On the uprights for the gantry i joined some ribs to the outsides to add abit of stiffness (hopefully).
biscuity.jpg -
Here you can see the biscuits used to join the gantry uprights to the y axis box section.
framedryfit.jpg -
Here's the frame dry fitted together mainly to check for trueness and because i like to see some progress
day1parts.jpg -
Here are all the parts i completed on day 1 the ribs on the gantry sides are still dry fitted at this point and the base was biscuited glued and clamped then brad nailed to hold it all together whilst drying.