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If it were me, I would draw the layout up real quick in CAD software so you know everything will fit and you will know the exact size of each...
I just flatten my board with the cutter I use to surface my spoil board if it is that bad. ;)
With the High Z mod on the LEAD, you could put a 4th axis under it sort of how I did my lathe. I would make a spacer for both ends of the rotary...
I had thought of that and even designed the plates for it. In the end I chose the easier method. I can rest it on 1-2-3 blocks on the rails which...
That does not look normal. Are they grooved on both sides of the wheel or just one? The Router11 should not be too heavy at all. People have run...
Nothing is floating. It is like the LEAD High Z but with custom plates that hold the two X axis beams together on each end. The plates would be...
It should be. I think your idea of laying everything flat is better, but just substitute the front and rear pieces with 2040 instead of the 2080...
An adjustable laser (powered z axis) would be beneficial because you could focus the beam on your "poil board" then move the laser up the height...
Yes. I was going to suggest purchasing the C-beam gantry plates in the picture, but they are not set up to be used for a belt drive like you have.
Was this "5mm off" after you set you XYZ zero position on your work piece that day and then you had jogged somewhere?
You could always just not mount the X axis as high as it can go. Just mount it as high as you will need it. You will probably find you will not...
I noticed you said your holes are smaller than expected. Measure your endmill. If they are cheap Chinese endmills, they will not be 1/8" inch -...
Another option you could do is buy some 2080 V slot and add it to the top of your existing plates and rest the beam on top of those plates and...
If you are talking about the hex shaped plate with the logo, you do not need that. If. You are laying flat the front and rear 8020 pieces, you...
I have had the best luck cutting HDPE with an endmill with two straight flutes at 2500mm/min and cutting depth of 1/2 the diameter of the endmill....
Glad it worked out for you.
As Rob said you can cut aluminum dry. That is what I do. Every once in a while I may squirt some WD-40 into the slot to assist in cooling. To be...
If you lay it horizontally as low as it can go does it not rest flat on the table the Ox is on? If so, buy some 20x40 v slot extrusions to put on...
An option I would try, if there is room, is add two holes somewhere on the sprocket in your CAD software. Clamp down your piece, mill these holes...
Thanks. I really need to try this. I have just been cutting with slots, but it has been working for me.
