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Ok, so this next set of pics is about drilling a few hundred holes in all the HUP which make up the table.

I'm hoping these pics don't need awful lot of explaining?

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Next up is is making the link between the gantry and the table.

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So next is the plate in front which will hold the gecko, aswell as the X-screw and X-stepper.

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The gantry is next. A million (or so :P) holes were drilled and tapped.

The HUPs where the Y-rails was going to be mounted on, was milled to give the rails a flat surface.

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The Y-stepper and Y-screw needed to be mounted in the gantry aswell.

The bearing block was milled out (the pictures shows two blocks. However, only one was used in the end (the one to the right)).

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Some pictures of the current state of the CNC. This is how it is today.

Much is done, but much is still to be done.

Next on our to-do-list is making the rest of the Y-axis. This require a lot of milling!!

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When I recieved the 1.5kW water-cooled spindle, I was of course eager to try it out right away.

However, to our surprise, the grounding was terrible!! It was near non-existant.

So we opened it up, and shockingly, the grounding wire was just put loosly in there. We screwed it tightly to one of the screws, which gave a solid grounding.