[Oldmanandhistoy]

i feel so unloved, nearly 700 views and only 7 people have replied

:stickpoke

~Magick_Man~

:violin: Might only be seven people but that’s seven very special people; get over it man.

Nice to see your progress keep us posted please. So many people start a thread and then disappear half way through their build. I for one appreciate reading other peoples posts as you can learn a bit here and there. I also fine replying helps with my education also, or at least refreshes what I have already learned. I am sure if you get stuck the help needed will be there. It’s probably quite a compliment that you have had so few posters as it must mean you’re doing a good job of the design and build so far.

This might be one for the future but are you planning a fourth axis?

John

[Brunow]

It's not about the posting. It's all about the looking and reading

Nice project! Good luck!

[thkoutsidthebox]

Im enjoying reading this, keep up the great work.

[GaryCorlew]

I just found your thread, I will be watching as well!!. It looks great so far!!

[joecnc2006]

Nice work so far.

im in san antonio, tx

[magick_man]

:violin: Might only be seven people but that’s seven very special people; get over it man.
.... Snip ....This might be one for the future but are you planning a fourth axis?

John

Well on other forums I visit I am used to seeing 100-150 replies in 5-6 hours some times

And yes hopefully in the future I will be incorporating a 4th axis.

It's not about the posting. It's all about the looking and reading

Nice project! Good luck!

Thanks.

Im enjoying reading this, keep up the great work.

Thanks.

I just found your thread, I will be watching as well!!. It looks great so far!!

Thanks.

Nice work so far.

im in san antonio, tx

Do you ever go to any USACI events by chance?
It's a long shot but I figured I would ask.


~Magick_Man~

[magick_man]

And unfortunately I didnt get anything done on it today.
Little things like a tornado, and golfball+ sized hail had something to say about that
And unfortunately my car took a few of the large ones. But luckily, Full coverage FTW

~Magick_Man~

[ZipSnipe]

I,ll tell ya why ya didn,t get anything done, too busy worrying about replies!!! Stay off the pc and let some chips fly and then post some pics ....dammit.

[magick_man]

I,ll tell ya why ya didn,t get anything done, too busy worrying about replies!!! Stay off the pc and let some chips fly and then post some pics ....dammit.

Haha, well that and the hail/rain made it hard to get the table saw out to cut the side panels.

Maybe on sunday.

~Magick_Man~

[11bravo]

And unfortunately I didnt get anything done on it today.
Little things like a tornado, and golfball+ sized hail had something to say about that
And unfortunately my car took a few of the large ones. But luckily, Full coverage FTW

~Magick_Man~

Yeah, I saw that on FOXNews.
Never had any idea where Hurst, TX was until you posted that's were you were and looked it up.
Then yesterday while surfing passed FN I heard something about 'the Fort Worth, Hurst, Irving, Dallas" area so I watched a bit.
Live coverage of a ternader is always cool.
You know, if it ain't your house.
6 or 7 or 8 or some years ago, a helicopter from one of the TV stations followed a tornado for a number of miles.
I saw that live too; again very cool.

Good thing it was only your car that got it.

[magick_man]

Well I made some progress, I got both of the side panels built and one of them installed.
I didn't get the other installed because it is very hard to move around by myself now.
And once I get the other on it will definitely be a 2 person job to do anything to it.
I estimate that once completed with all the components this thing will top 400 pounds... maybe 500.

~Magick_Man~

[magick_man]

well i just wanted to let the people that were watching this know that i have not given up.
i haven't had the funds or time to mess with it lately but i have made a bit of progress the last couple days.
i will post some new pictures tonight.

~Magick_Man~

[CRFultz]

It looks great so far...I look forward to more posts...

I'm from Longview so I fully understand the bizarre weather.

I might of missed it but I curious to what router you will be using....

I've used a Dewalt for about 3 years and been very happy but I would like to get the noise levels down so I can run it at night without having the neighbors take shots at me.:devious:

Chuck

[magick_man]

well, budget allowing i will be using the 3.5hp porter cable.
but that remains to be seen.
i might settle for the hitachi that seems popular on here.

[magick_man]

well unfortunately my computer is deciding to not recognize my camera so i won't be able to upload the photos tonight.
but i will do it as soon as i can.

[magick_man]

well my camera decided to work so here are a couple pictures.












that is the main part of my Z axis.
i still have to purchase and mount the ballscrew for it but otherwise it is pretty much done.
i will be adding 2 more of the 8020 bearings also to make it more stable on the Y travel.
and so far i am pleased with the ballscrew i purchased from roton.com.
for $10 per foot and $23 for the nut it is pretty nice.

any comments would be appreciated.

[Oldmanandhistoy]

Hi again,

Nice to see you back

The only comment I have is; it is all looking very impressive keep up the great work.

Just on a side note you might like to use the manage attachments button at the bottom for adding your pictures just make it a little easier on us viewers. EDIT: forgot to say you need to click on the go advanced button first.

John

[magick_man]

yeah i am back.
well i upload the pictures to photobucket since it doesn't limit the size of the file.
but if you would like i can start posting the thumbnail pictures so you only have to load the large ones that you want to see.

[magick_man]

i just got my power supply in.
it was advertised as a 36v 18a, and 12v 18a supply.
but when i just checked the voltage i am getting 44 and 18 respectively.
but i guess that will drop under load.

here are some small pictures of it.
for the full size ones go HERE












i don't think i will be using the 12v leg of the transformer so i am considering using both caps for the 36v line.
and removing the 12v output.
would i really gain anything from this? or should i just leave it like it is.

Thanks,
Joseph K.

[Oldmanandhistoy]

Hi,

To work out the necessary rating of the capacitor/s take the required volts and add at least 20% (more is ok here). To work out the uf (microfarads) take your amps rating times by 80,000 and divide that by the volts rating. Using a capacitor that is a little over the uf rating is fine as long as it is not well over.

So I make that 40000uf

Only thing I am unsure about is do you work with the total Amps rating of your supply or the total Amps rating you will draw from the supply.

John