[Drakkn]

Oh yes - I forgot - also need to get another oldham coupling to fit onto the thread of the new z axis - different bore to the one I made earlier.

[Drakkn]

Have fitted the oldham coupling and attached the router to a makeshift HDPE mounting and guess what everything moves.
Sorted out the cabling - wil; do mach3 setup over next few days and do a test cut.Will post some pictures once I have found the camera.

[Drakkn]

I have fitted the coupling and my machine is now in the testing stage ,when I find the camera I will post some pictures.

[yohudi]

Hi Tony..

glad to hear your in motion and getting ready to cut.. looking forward to the pics...

ttfn

Danny...

[Drakkn]

Cheers Danny

Forgot I also need to buy and end mill to do the cutting with - so as soon as I find something will finish the setup and start using ,wierd thing is I told someone about the machine and they want me to make some of those fancy sentral heating radiator covers - but I dont think I can do it because my work area will not be big enough

[Drakkn]

A couple of end mills have just arrived - too damn cold to go into the workshop today.
Will go in tomorrow and fit an endmill - and see what occurs - now looking for a bit of g code to try some simple stuff.

[yohudi]

A couple of end mills have just arrived - too damn cold to go into the workshop today.
Will go in tomorrow and fit an endmill - and see what occurs - now looking for a bit of g code to try some simple stuff.

Hi there Tony...

glad to hear your getting ready to cut something....

if you're looking for gcode to cut then try the website in my sig... loads of FREE simple models available via the links page.. and the FREE software to get it to GCode on a page at the site...

failing that you could use a pic to generate an engraving or photo-carving path in CamBam without too much problem... links at the site.. and info about using CamBam in the forum area...

hope this helps

Danny

[Drakkn]

Well fitted an end mill to my router

And ran up mach 3 and did a freehand cut - wow it works.
Had a couple of little problems
Firstly the endmill slowly dropped out of the router and gouged a depp hole it my test piece, undeterred I tightened it up and tried again - same thing happened - but not as bad - tightened even more - did a cut and it was fine until the very end - the cut was not as deep as the rest so I think my board was not quite flat.

But definited progress

[Drakkn]

Here it is the video of the first cut - very short as videocam power died



Not much to look at bit the accuracy is there.

[Drakkn]

Did some more work on the machine - on the z axis - will convert it all to aluminium as soon as I can as the hdpe appears to flex slightly.

[Drakkn]

Finally got around to doing some work on the machine - have a few issues to resolve like flexing of z axis and holding down the work but here is a picture of the first true cut - did out of MDF but will soon do an aluminium version. Lots of things to get going in my head now learn cad and mach3 properly and even make a guitar or two.

[yohudi]

Hi there Tony,

glad to see you're making progress... nothing like seeing it do the first proper cut...

keep it up

Danny

[Drakkn]

Hi there Tony,

glad to see you're making progress... nothing like seeing it do the first proper cut...

keep it up

Danny

Cheers for that - now once I have the ally z axis sorted then we can get going

[Drakkn]

Well here we are 31st December 2009 - And I have still not done the z axis in aluminium and what's more annoying - never found the time during 2009 to do anything with the machine.I vow to get it done during jan/feb as I will soon have to start using it to make some cash as all my IT work has gone and nothing on the horizon for 2010 - Cash is low , playing with the band is on the up , a few orders for flightcases on the way - so I guess it's timme to get on with it and make a name for myself in manufacturing custom stuff.

Tony

[Drakkn]

Hi Guys

My machine partly disassembled has been moved from workshop to workshop and has got a little rusty is currently sitting in my workshop not being used as I need something a bit bigger.So with reluctance I am putting it up for sale on here , I have loads of exxtra steppers etc to throw in.So before it goes on ebay I thought I would give it a mention on here. You can email [email protected] if you need more info.