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I look forward to seeing your ideas about belt drives. We all have requirements and dreams which evolve over time. Building the right machine is...
dJMartin I'm really pleased this forum may have prevented you building a machine which is not up to your requirements. For the CNC learning...
I agree Paul, the OX is a great low budget machine. It has been a great learning experience, and a real fun project. Any aluminum CNC built with...
I think a range of 30mm wide V slot would be very useful for cnc machines, 20mm is too light in weight in my opinion.
I suggest using, 1/8th mild steel or 1/4" aluminum. I used 1/8" mild steel which was laser cut. Depending upon the bumpers and proximity switches...
Hi IsaaX, I would suggest 20 gauge stainless steel or mild steel. I used stainless steel because I wanted it to look good and be very stiff.
If you want a strong, stiff and relatively inexpensive machine, then don't plan on building a machine which is 1500mm across the x axis. A...
Nice spindle Gerald! I look forward to hearing how well this works! Great looking hat rack and really nice to see the machine hard at work.
Hi Bertrand nice to see another Canadian here. A few members have used two GT3 belts per axis to reduce the possible stretch. Prauk did and...
Hi KYO, pleased you like the steel concept. I agree you can make a better cnc than the x6 q500gt for $1800 The nice thing about building it...
Welcome to the forum Bertramd and your kind words. Building a standard OX is a great learning experience and really worth the effort. Thinking and...
Hi Chadderuki. I very carefully used strong G clamps to tightly clamp the rails together and checked them using an engineers square. Then I...
Hi Luke, My recommendations based on my recent build. Buy a single larger extrusion for the X axis. Plan on using 1/2" 5 start acme lead screws...
On the X axis make sure you have the correct spacers in the center and the two beams are tight together. My X axis setup was tight until I...
I like the integrated web design concept. A great combination of strength & lightness. Water jet cutting is an amazing process but expensive when...
Your welcome, I hope it inspires you to do a custom build.
Congrats, chips away!
KerryH, I have now published the inner plates I designed in the resource section. http://openbuilds.com/resources/inner-ox-wheel-plate.106/ Enjoy...
Attached are my improved corner brackets I used on my Aluminium OX [ATTACH] I have included step & DWG file. If anyone would like laser cut...
sgspenceley submitted a new resource: Extra strong corner brace plates - Strengthen your OX Y extrusion & improve your GT3 belt attachment...
