This will be my first post here. .. Also my first CNC project!
If you have a moment I will walk you through this interesting project.
It all started with an Auction had for almost nothing a broken First gen Shopbot.
The unit had been sitting for almost 9 years in an old warehouse. All of the wires had been cut to it the controller and PC where missing.
Here it is loaded up.
It had a suction table on it when I got it, but sadly was damaged, and the PVC was so brittle just touching it would have it crack.
So I removed the table, knowing it would be destine to be a plasma table!
After a good bit of manual labor help from a few friends, it is now in its new home.
So now the work begins on trying to get this thing working again!
First step was to get the frame cleaned of 9 years of dust and funk, thank set out to get everything level and square.
This is when I discovered, at some point the table must have been hit by a forklift or other large object, the frame was 2″ out of square! The gantry was jammed solid and would not even move.
So I continued to go through and level and square everything. This was a good 2 day job.
But it paid off, I was able to get the gantry to move again!
Next step was a full rewire to go through and check all connections, and replace damaged wires.
Made a point to run every wire inside the Uni-Strut to keep it safe.
It has these cool bows that are used for cable management, I kind of like them over the normal tracks.
Next, on to building the controller!