Time for some upgrades
Well, for the last year or so the ox has sat neglected. I wasn't super happy with the wiring and I wanted to beef up the z axis a little bit with and 8 wheel versus 6 wheel mechanism.
I've also learned a lot since I got it from my other machines so figured it's just time to redo it.
Goals for this rebuild are:
1) Junk the torsion box I used as a base for it.
2) Mount it on my router table cabinet
3) Beef up the Z Axis
4) Clean up the wiring
5) Get some better cable management working
6) Get the endstops working
7) Upgrade from the 400watt spindle to an 800 watt water cooled spindle
8) Add my diode laser to it just for kicks
9) Optional - Swap out controller
That's about it for now. Going to try and use the tinyg, but that may end up getting upgraded as well.
In this picture, I've removed the wiring, and torsion box and mounted on my router table cabinet. I've made it so I can take it off relatively easily if I need to use the router table. I may explore turning the extension wing on my table saw into a router table as well.
I've also replaced the front plate on the z axis so it now has 8 wheels. I'm getting a lot less flex than I used to with the arrangement. Part of it may be the new hardware, part of it may be my learning how to adjust things better.