Hey, look at that - I made a feature post! Thanks for the kind words and encouragement in the article!
So, the Y-Axis Servo Mount had to be re-designed. Turned out I made the standoffs too tall and there was too much side-to-side mis-alignment...
Yeah, bees don't enter into it. Finished shots should be coming shortly - just gotta finish edit/resize/etc. Thanks for the kind words. I...
Yeah, me neither. It will be the first thing the machine cuts. They are 360 oz-in. A lot of people have used them, with good results....
Actually, yes - I'm co-opening a Coffee Shop/Bakery. I would love to have a spindle that could make use of an automatic tool changer. Maybe...
This big glaring mistake...er rather, just something I didn't think of: [IMG] With the servo mounted this way for the Y-Axis, the Z-Axis...
Of course, I need to mount the Servo to the front plate for the X-Axis! Here you can see where the spindle for the X-Axis ballscrew come...
Laying out the cut-lines for the Servo mounting plates: [IMG] All cut: [IMG] Now, where they mount to the machine itself, I wanted it...
Dual row of holes drilled for the linear slide: [IMG] Tapped: [IMG] Mounted: [IMG] Now I wanted to add some physical stops so I...
Making the Z-Axis Ballscrew bearing-plate. For ease, I decided to make it out of polycarbonate. I will make a new one out of aluminium down the...
Ok, bolted the Y-Axis Ballscrew to the Crossplate. Now to make the Z-Axis! Here is how the Ballscrew and Linear Slide will be laid out...
Wow, this is going to be an interesting one! How tall do you think it will end-up?
One could certainly make do with less. There are plenty of people that make capable Hobby CNC machines out of MDF - and they work for light...
That's just absolutely terrifying - great job so far! Looks like you do creature creation for a living?
As fun as the electricity chat is, time for an update! My FTP access is back up and running - so here is Part 1 of the 'big update' (part two...
Just want to let you all know, my ISP is having a problem with the personal storage space I use for hosting pictures. My FTP access has been down...
True, but...who cares? Not to mention that you use "anyhoo" in the next sentence. Pot, kettle?
It still had to take him quite a bit of work to build, and it isn't like there were exact blueprints to work off of. Add to that the fact that he...
Exactly, although steel is cheaper - it just doesn't make sense on a 'small' machine like this. Now, if I was doing a 6' x 8' CNC machine in a...
Ok, now that I have all the metal cut and squared for the gantry it's time to get it drilled and put together. First to drill is the...
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