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I think I was excited to show an assembled machine so I skipped some of the critical alignment steps. That's definitely what is great about the...
I think I am going to bolt a piece of material to the side of one of the y axis cbeams so I can at least install one rail parallel to the cbeam. I...
It may be hard to visualize this but I was thinking I machined one of my Y axis gantry plates wrong because everything looked good when I measured...
I figured out my assembly issue. I really had to take a step back and think about things but using linear rails attached to the cbeams can...
[ATTACH] This is what I use at work on heavy equipment bearings. You definitely don't want to over grease the bearings and cause the balls to...
I also noticed that once my carriages were mounted solid, there were no more issues with the "grabbing". Some bearing systems won't feel right...
My rails are THK and they were used. A couple of my carriages did / do the same. I took them apart and flushed them with solvent but be careful...
I don't read the general forum much. What's going on with your carriages? Feel free to open a discussion right here if you like. I've taken my...
Good idea! Hey how's your machine coming along?
I also assembled the machine with the gantry plates in the middle of the machine (as you see in the pic) but this makes it difficult to reference...
So I assembled the machine in two halves (like the Sphinx) and before I installed the two 4040 X axis cbeams, I tried to make sure the Y axis...
[ATTACH] Something fishy is going on. I removed the bottom frame and sub plate to attach the tslot table and things aren't going back together as...
I've seen them used also. I like that they are designed with long duty cycles in mind. My small compressor is quiet but it is constantly running...
I am using a small oiless air compressor from California Air tools. It's not crazy powerfull but it is quiet.
Haha thanks buddy!
[ATTACH] Those pneumatic fittings will be replaced with 90 degree fittings and a hose will coonect each noozle to the valves behind the Z axis....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I added o-ring grooves to make sure nothing leaks. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Working on a more compact, dual nozzle solution. Each nozzle will have it's own flow valve and only one will have coolant for now....
Yeah the only issue is that the X axis carriage wraps around the cbeam completely so you would have to add more spacers. It wpuld require some...
Knowing what I do now, I would reinforce my machine if I was building a 1000mm wide Sphinx even if I was only using my 800w spindle. I thought...
