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DeadGuy Sat 07 February 2009 13:53

3.5 guys built 3 MMs, 3 serial no.'s #49, #50, #51 ! - Knappa OR USA
 
Hi All,


Today Forks_Dad, dragonfinder1, and I started 3 Mechmates. They are going to have 60" x 120" cutting surfaces. All three of us will be building the same size machines to keep it all simple. They may end up with different routers, spindles ect., but they will be the same machine. We will all be contributing to this thread. We will have pictures shortly.

This is also my first post.

I also wanted to say thank you, for starting these Forums and letting us all use his designs, to Gerald D.


Dennis

Jayson Sat 07 February 2009 15:56

Welcome Dennis,

I look forwad to seeing your build. It's all easy with the great plans and huge amount of information and pictures supplied here.

Jayson.

sailfl Sat 07 February 2009 16:29

Dennis,

How far away do you each live from one another?

Good luck with all three builds.

domino11 Sat 07 February 2009 18:07

That is great. Welcome Guys! :) This will be the first triple build I believe.

DeadGuy Sat 07 February 2009 20:08

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Originally Posted by sailfl View Post
Dennis,

How far away do you each live from one another?

Good luck with all three builds.
dragenfinder1(Dave) and I live in Knappa, forks_dad(Scott) lives in Rainer Oregon. That's about 30 miles away from Knappa. We are building them all at my shop in Knappa.

Dennis

DeadGuy Sat 07 February 2009 20:45

First Cut

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3407/firstcutsd6.gif

Gerald D Sat 07 February 2009 21:51

Welcome to the 3 musketeers; Dennis, Dave & Scott!

Gerald D Sat 07 February 2009 21:56

Dennis, sorry that your attempt to post a picture with your third post to the forum was blocked by an anti-spam system. I think we need about 5 posts before it allows pictures. (have moved your pic back into this thread above)

Those CNC monsters in the background are darn impressive!

Kobus_Joubert Sat 07 February 2009 22:16

Welcome welcome welcome and enjoy the ride

DeadGuy Sat 07 February 2009 22:49

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Originally Posted by Gerald D View Post
Dennis, sorry that your attempt to post a picture with your third post to the forum was blocked by an anti-spam system. I think we need about 5 posts before it allows pictures. (have moved your pic back into this thread above)

Those CNC monsters in the background are darn impressive!
Hi Gerald,

Thanks for posting that picture for me! We cut all the metal for all three machine's today. Tomorrow we will try to get all the holes drilled and the bases bolted together. We are going to weld flanges to all the cross bracing and leg's in the table bases and bolt it all together. We cut the 8" channel 144" long so we can have 8 foot long spoil boards and some left over for other options later.

Thanks again for getting that picture up for me. Just a few more posts and I can do it on my own.

Dennis

sailfl Sun 08 February 2009 06:57

Dennis,

Please don't tell me all those machines are in your over sized garage!!!

forks_dad Sun 08 February 2009 07:21

Two live in Knappa and I live about 40 minutes away - we are fortunate to have Gearald and his experience, as well as the multitude of MechMate member's guide us through this adventure.

Gerald D Sun 08 February 2009 07:29

Rainier Oregon . . . . .is that anywhere near Mt Rainier that puffs from time to time?

forks_dad Sun 08 February 2009 07:36

The first six rails
 
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9910.jpg

forks_dad Sun 08 February 2009 07:43

About 100 miles as the crow flies, Gerald - I can see Mt. Rainier and Mt St Helens from our fenceline. Mt St Helens is the one that blew in 1980 and continues to vent occasionally - I can bore you with a pic I took yesterday after our initial MechMate launch. http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9953.jpg

forks_dad Sun 08 February 2009 07:44

Welding the rails - times 3http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9921.jpg

forks_dad Sun 08 February 2009 07:52

The pile of cut stock for three MechMates - day one of the buildhttp://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9949.jpg

DeadGuy Sun 08 February 2009 10:08

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Originally Posted by sailfl View Post
Dennis,

Please don't tell me all those machines are in your over sized garage!!!
Hi sailfl,

Well I guess you could say it is my over sized garage. It’s just another hobby of mine that got way out of hand.

Dennis

forks_dad Sun 08 February 2009 21:45

Day 2 - then back to the day job
 
After cutting steel yesterday, we drilled over a hundred holes in prep for assembly. Some of the tubing supports will be welded, other items will be bolted together. After assembly, some of the joints will be tack welded to hold them square. This makes the unit easily moved if necessary....http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9961.jpg
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9964.jpg
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9967.jpg
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9893.jpg Enough steel fro three machines -
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMG_9965.jpg

kanankeban Sun 08 February 2009 21:53

Quote:
Originally Posted by DeadGuy View Post
Hi sailfl,

Well I guess you could say it is my over sized garage. It’s just another hobby of mine that got way out of hand.

Dennis
Welcome to the mechmate family and good luck, guess you already have it ;)I can almost kill for those haas babies you have there, what is your main business, do you machine for yourself or do you offer machining services?
Regards,
Hector

vishnu Wed 11 February 2009 10:40

Hi,
Welcome to the land of the "BIG BLUE BEAST" it would be a fun for you guys to work on three machines at the same time. You have a very good machine shop, love to build one like them one day as i am building my lovely MM. Love to see the pic of you guys on the MM rogue's list. My machine is nearing completion and wish you guys Good luck to complete them soon.

Vishnu

forks_dad Thu 12 February 2009 15:33

Thanks, Vishnu
We have each other to work with as well as all the folks on the Forums
Big Blue Beast - I'm sure that will be our case in a few weeks

Scott

DeadGuy Sun 15 February 2009 11:20

Sorry about pic quality, camera phone.

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/543...kweldedeu2.gif
Shot at 2009-02-15

Alan_c Sun 15 February 2009 13:46

Dennis,

You have one heck of an interesting workshop, I'm guessing most of us would love to be let loose there. What is that black contraption bolted to the corner of the table, never seen anythink like it before, I assume it's to assist drilling vertical holes?

By the way good progress on the frame :)

sailfl Sun 15 February 2009 14:26

Dennis,

Okay, forget the MM build just take pictures of the shop so we can see all the machines and know how big the shop is.

dragonfinder1 Sun 15 February 2009 17:17

We really have only about 2 guys 2 days in what we have so far. I would bet that if we had all the materials on hand before we started, we could have a standard MechMate running in two weeks. The machines are not that complex. the big plus is having the tools to do the job.

Dave

kanankeban Sun 15 February 2009 18:10

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan_c View Post
Dennis,

You have one heck of an interesting workshop, I'm guessing most of us would love to be let loose there. What is that black contraption bolted to the corner of the table, never seen anythink like it before, I assume it's to assist drilling vertical holes?

By the way good progress on the frame :)
I think that that arm is used for taping ;)

DeadGuy Sun 15 February 2009 22:14

Sorry guy’s I can’t talk freely about the contents of my shop. There is too much pressure from our competitors to divulge what kind of equipment and the capacities we have. You might catch a glance here and there as I’m assembling my Mechmate, but for the most part I can’t talk about my equipment.
Because I am here gathering information and learning from you guy’s about all things Mechmate I do feel I have an obligation to share all knowledge I gain back with the group. I can talk about anything that has to do with Mechmate’s, but about the other stuff I hope you will understand.
Sorry.
Dennis

sailfl Mon 16 February 2009 03:35

Dennis,

Sorry if I stepped into a place you don't want to go. Inquiring minds and all that. I completely understand. It is not a problem. It is great that you have the equipment and are building a MM also.

Happy building and I am sorry.

DeadGuy Wed 18 February 2009 19:08

Sometimes it's faster just to drill with a hand drill.
This is Dave and Scott drilling pilot holes 7/16" holes in the bottom of their 8" channels.


http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3247/handdrillmg5.gif
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/handd...gif/1/w600.png


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