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Fascinating stuff; when things go wrong I'm always trying slower and slower feeds, more and more lubrication/cooling. It's interesting to see your...
I did go through a few solutions for the Y-Axis before I settled on the "upside down" method I ended up with. I did have a look at bellows...
That's a great mount (and I too like the pictures). I thought I was taxing the X and Z with a 65mm spindle but I think the 80mm is twice the...
Interesting post. I'd arrived at a 1/4 turn for preloading the leadscrew. The M5 screws have a pitch of 0.8mm (so a quarter turn gap would be...
I'm pretty sure Plexiglass is a brand name for acrylic sheet. When I was looking the choices were acrylic or polycarbonate. I chose Acrylic in the...
Thanks Metalguru, I'd seen those but couldn't quite see how they would work but not I look at it, the other side of the tool would give it away....
I think I'm going to declare the tool plate mod complete. [ATTACH] I had a go at milling some very fine PCB work. It almost worked but due to...
Brushing the countersink debacle under the carpet for the moment; I've moved on to cutting the rail risers. I thought I'd upload some video to...
I'm becoming convinced I can dream better than I can machine. Glad I wired up my e-stop; the countersink almost ripped the machine apart bouncing...
Still waiting on the countersink (should be tomorrow) but I've put everything together to check. Once I have a working machine again I can...
I've been working on it sporadically but I must admit its driving me up the wall; I can't seem to get anything actually straight. It's made that...
I used aluminiumwarehouse.co.uk in the end, simply as you could buy custom sizes online. Shipping was £15, slow delivery due to them not having an...
Good luck with it northwest. I used surface mount LED's I desoldered from a white 3528 LED strip I had bought from ebay for another project, but...
Thank you. Yes the LED ring was one of the first things I created and cut on the plate maker. The link to the ring design is here with the two...
Teflon4 published a new build: A Modified and augmented Ooznest C-Beam Machine Plate Maker. Read more about this build...
