Originally Posted by
lsteele
Hello,
I'm designing a router and I'd appreciate a bit of input and comments. I'm using 2x3inch and 2x4 inch aluminium rectangular tube for the main structure and gantry. See the exploded view for how I intend to attach it. I'm using supported 16mm rail for the x and y axes, and a Thomson 511P35A1 linear bearing for the z axis (see here for the details:
http://www.danahermotion.com/website...a_standard.php). I picked up 600mm of the Thomson rail along with two carriages on ebay a while back for very little. The plan is to chop off ~200mm of the rail and use one truck. It seems like very substantial stuff, but I'd appreciate any comments on using it like this.
Working area will be about 450x300mm.
The pulleys are GT2 3mm pitch, 9mm wide plastic from sdp-si.com.
The spindle is a Kress 1050. I plan to cut wood, plastic and aluminium.
Anyway, enough description - the pics are self explanatory. Comments appreciated!
Yes, your pics are very self explanatory. At first I thought that your motors would collide (top view) but it looks like they won't. It appears to be a very well thought out plan. You're going to post lots of pics and videos of your build here, aren't you?
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