Forum: 40. Z-Slide
Thu 04 March 2010, 09:13
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Replies: 14
Views: 20,603
frallan,
Erick and I made exactly the same...
frallan,
Erick and I made exactly the same "booboo" as you did on our spider. We just welded up the the mis-drilled and tapped holes, ground down our welds and then re-drilled. No problems. The...
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Forum: About this Forum
Fri 05 February 2010, 11:41
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Replies: 101
Views: 116,441
Congratulations and thank you Gerald.
If I...
Congratulations and thank you Gerald.
If I were a betting man ;), I'd bet that the legacy you've started will continue for a long time and will touch many people.
Best regards always,
Jeff...
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Forum: Driving Mechanisms: Rack/pinion, gears, screws, belts & chains
Tue 02 February 2010, 13:12
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Replies: 101
Views: 144,382
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sun 17 January 2010, 07:33
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
Robert,
Happy to provide the information.:) ...
Robert,
Happy to provide the information.:) We ordered this computer from Logic Supply, Inc. ( www.logicsupply.com ). Here's the list:
* Intel D945GSEJT Johnstown - Fanless Mainboard;
* M350...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sat 16 January 2010, 13:53
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
A Little Work On Our Control Computer
Our machine is just about assembled. We plan to drill and mount the first table-bed board tomorrow.
Last week we received some computer components which I had ordered, so we threw together this...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sun 10 January 2010, 10:16
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Thu 07 January 2010, 20:38
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Thu 07 January 2010, 20:30
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
Painting X and Y rail with clear-coat
Both sets of rails are much, much better now. :rolleyes:
We are spraying each with clear-coat (no paint on the roller or gear surfaces) and we hope to begin final assembly tomorrow and over the...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Thu 07 January 2010, 20:23
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
Setting the height of our X and Y axis rails
Here are a couple of photos of the process we used to set the height of our X and Y axis rails.
First, we bolted our V-rail to our aluminum angle and placed a clamp between each bolt location.
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Thu 07 January 2010, 20:05
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
Remaking our X axis rails
Our X axis rails were unable to be salvaged so I ordered the correct aluminum angle this time (I know, I shouldn't have deviated from the plan) and a new set of V-rails. :rolleyes:
Here we're...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Thu 07 January 2010, 19:53
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
We're still alive and kicking.......
Well, at last, a long over due update...and confession...
You may recall from one of our last posts that we were in the process of trying to "tune" our X axis rails and their mounting surfaces in...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Wed 16 December 2009, 09:19
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Replies: 130
Views: 382,132
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Forum: Troubleshooting
Fri 11 December 2009, 15:47
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Replies: 191
Views: 124,006
Nils,
I have tried to keep up with this...
Nils,
I have tried to keep up with this thread from time to time. Do you feel that you have fixed the problem? If so, would you be willing to share with us what the problem(s) was(were)?
...
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Forum: 70. Control Systems
Mon 23 November 2009, 15:28
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,641
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Forum: Troubleshooting
Wed 09 September 2009, 09:49
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Replies: 191
Views: 124,006
Nils,
I am by no means an expert on the...
Nils,
I am by no means an expert on the Mechmate, but I've spent a lot of my life building, troubleshooting and repairing machinery. I have followed your post and I have thought that what I would...
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Forum: 70. Control Systems
Sun 06 September 2009, 08:24
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,776
Robert,
We elected to mount our control box...
Robert,
We elected to mount our control box on the base. The mounting location is toward the front on the left-hand side when facing the machine just in front of the start of the X-axis cable...
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Forum: MechMates already cutting
Thu 20 August 2009, 08:13
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Replies: 55
Views: 80,776
Brian,
Congratulations. You have built a...
Brian,
Congratulations. You have built a great machine in record time. You should be very proud of your accomplishment!
You guys that whip through these builds really provide some motivation....
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Forum: The Show Room
Tue 11 August 2009, 07:40
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Replies: 20
Views: 19,494
Justin,
Beautiful piece of furniture. The...
Justin,
Beautiful piece of furniture. The lines and style make for a very elegant table.
Congratulations!
When I first looked at the photo I thought the wood was mahogany, but I'm not...
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Forum: Driving Mechanisms: Rack/pinion, gears, screws, belts & chains
Mon 10 August 2009, 14:18
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Replies: 23
Views: 40,913
Jeff,
Does the 1/2" diameter bore seem a...
Jeff,
Does the 1/2" diameter bore seem a little bit sloppy on the 12 mm diameter motor shafts? The fit between the two should be very close...softly tapping the pinion gear onto the motor shaft...
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Forum: 50. Toolheads
Fri 31 July 2009, 07:26
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Replies: 16
Views: 25,322
Gerald,
I do believe a number of VFDs do...
Gerald,
I do believe a number of VFDs do have over current protection built in. As well most three phase VFDs have protection for a phase loss. It is important to obtain a drive that will allow...
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Forum: 50. Toolheads
Thu 30 July 2009, 08:12
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Replies: 16
Views: 25,322
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Forum: The Market Place
Tue 28 July 2009, 08:33
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Replies: 18
Views: 24,297
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sat 11 July 2009, 22:47
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
Blue...Blue Day (part two)
We started to paint some of the machine components today.
One benefit from building your own MechMate that I've never heard mentioned in the Forum is that if you do things just right, you'll have...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sat 11 July 2009, 17:23
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
Blue...Blue Day (part one)
Started to disassemble our machine today to begin the painting process.
I thought I would get a shot of one of the tops of our 'X' axis rail beams. I used a very straight piece of bar stock...
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Forum: Construction started, but not cutting yet
Sun 05 July 2009, 12:23
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Replies: 65
Views: 56,675
Thanks Gerald,
It's nice to be making some...
Thanks Gerald,
It's nice to be making some forward progress and contributing to the forums again. It sure helps to have the helpful community here to keep us going. Hopefully we'll be able to...
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