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Looks like a backlash problem most likely slack in your belts
Just thought I'd follow up. Picked up some sikablock m600 which is 600kg/m3 tooling board from easycomposites in the uk. a 500mm x 1500mm x 50mm...
I'm using cheap chinese LJ12A3-4-Z/BY proximity sensors that are available on ebay or aliexpress for $3-4 each. Haven't had any problems with them.
Anyone cutting proper tooling board on their machines? Just wondering how they cut compared to plywood and MDF. Looking at 240kg/m3 and 600kg/m3...
The smaller one is for just the spindle cable. It seems to work just fine. Not sure what there is to be gained by replacing the two with one...
I used spabond which is a pre thickened rubber toughened epoxy that is used commonly in boat building. A good bit of effort went into make sure...
[ATTACH] Thought that I'd take a few minutes and share some pictures and thoughts on building my OX variant. I wanted a machine for mainly...
nate campbell published a new build: Modified OX with carbon fiber reinforced X and Z axes. 1500mm Y, 1000mm X and 120mm Z clearence Read more...
Just be aware that a large amount of the play in these systems is the fastners bending. Longer fasteners = more bending.
You can't go to low on the LEDs, LCDs don't pass UV wavelength. There has been quite a bit of research into this idea over at buildyourownsla.com....
Wow, you don't like the McMaster website? I can't think of a better website for buying technical goods tools. I used to be a purchaser and spent...
I built a 1000mm x 1500mm OX with the inside plates but I'd trade them in a heart beat for brackets to mount the Y rails to the table. My machine...
no, used fairly thin double sided tape. I was thinking about this today. Have people had success with this?
for me that seems easier said than done...
Anyone else with a double belt setup fighting with slack on the top belt? On my machine with gt3 belts I can see the top belt moving as the...
Not surprised to see that and not surprised to see that from Misumi it's almost 3x the cost of the Open Builds m5 version. Affordable aluminum...
Any chance of openbuilds making hardware for m6 fasteners for the wheels? Specifically eccentrics and spacers? Seems like it would be a good...
I believe that I used a tangent on one face and then mated the center line plane of the wheel with the line down the small groove in the beam
No one wants to tell me this is a bad idea?
I'm using a 1.5kw chinese spindle. I have it grounded to earth but it would be nice for it to be permanently connected to 0v DC so I don't need to...
