Carol Reed
In Memoriam
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- Coolidge, AZ
OK. Sort of a catchup. Here is a walk around.
Front view:
Left end view of the electronics bay.
Back view:
As you can see, I plan for a rotary axis using a mini lathe. The motor will be replaced with a servo motor and gears.
There is also an on board vacuum clamping system built in, though I haven't drawn the table yet. You can see the vacuum pump on the back view. As it is. I am probably getting ahead of myself. Ya think!?!
The shop vac will come out of its 'garage' when the machine is in use.
While this has been going on, I have been ordering bits and pieces. Everything I have ordered to this point is in as of today. Tomorrow I get to start milling holes in flat stock to build the saddle brackets for the CNC base. When those are completed, assembled and attached, I will start the cabinet because then I will have hard measurement numbers to work with. Drawings are just the plan. Reality may have a few surprises as we move along here.
The computer is here, so that will go together and I will download the Mach 3 trial and start watching tutorials when I can't be assembling parts.
We are some months out from completion and 'fire in the hole'. But I am having a blast and my blood pressure has come down 25 points. Lot to be said for playing!
Off to make some meat loaf for dinner.
Front view:
Left end view of the electronics bay.
Back view:
As you can see, I plan for a rotary axis using a mini lathe. The motor will be replaced with a servo motor and gears.
There is also an on board vacuum clamping system built in, though I haven't drawn the table yet. You can see the vacuum pump on the back view. As it is. I am probably getting ahead of myself. Ya think!?!
The shop vac will come out of its 'garage' when the machine is in use.
While this has been going on, I have been ordering bits and pieces. Everything I have ordered to this point is in as of today. Tomorrow I get to start milling holes in flat stock to build the saddle brackets for the CNC base. When those are completed, assembled and attached, I will start the cabinet because then I will have hard measurement numbers to work with. Drawings are just the plan. Reality may have a few surprises as we move along here.
The computer is here, so that will go together and I will download the Mach 3 trial and start watching tutorials when I can't be assembling parts.
We are some months out from completion and 'fire in the hole'. But I am having a blast and my blood pressure has come down 25 points. Lot to be said for playing!
Off to make some meat loaf for dinner.
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