wonderful work so far
hello friend,
You are working really great. From the wooden molds, i can see that the resulting machine is going to be a piece of art.
I looked at the cad of your machine and its looks very good. The one thing i am worrying about is the height of your Z and the size of the piller. Are you sure that you can make decent cuts in mild steel or high chrome with that machine? If i was there i would like to put some more meat on the Z pillar.
a weak Z may chatter or defllect while drilling or using some big face cutters. Even strong lm guides cannot help you in such case. But if you are building it for aluminium or wood works then it is strong enough.
BTW i am also planning to build a Mill like you having same machining area. So i will be watching your build. Good work so far and best of luck.
regards,
jasminder singh
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