1200 by 1200 machine build
Hi,
This is a joint project with a mate and we have been working independantly in our sheds on various componets but now it is all in one place and coming together.
Trolley is welded steel and base of machine is heavy angle and steel plates bolted together. Table top is 8mm aluminium sheet held down with push pull caps and grub screws which allows for fine adjustment.
Console has touchscreen, keyboard and machine control switches and pots operating through a Pokeys.
Gantry is 160 by 80 heavy Item beam and it weights heaps. All the rails are 20mm supported and have three bearings under each component.
Z axis is a THK KR33 double block actuator and is protected and strenghtened by plates.
Spindle is a 1.5kw air cooled and VFD operates through the console.
Electronics is Smoothstepper and Gecko G540 using all four motor outlets as it will have twin screws on X axis to eliminate racking of the gantry. All the ally plates have been CNC cut on a previously built machine. A lot of those plates are 16mm thick.
cheers,
Rod
Perth, Western Australia