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Old Mon 12 January 2015, 20:49
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
MOVING, fast!!!! - Baton Rouge LA USA


Steel has arrived and cutting has begun



cross beams cut and drilled

not bad for day 1

jerry
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Old Tue 13 January 2015, 01:46
lonestaral
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Isarn
Thailand
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Nice equipment in the sunshine.
Wishing you a speedy build.
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Old Tue 13 January 2015, 14:23
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
Love the forklift. Good luck with your build.
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Old Thu 15 January 2015, 05:02
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
Canada
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All the best, enjoy !
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Old Mon 19 January 2015, 06:08
Duds
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Canberra
Australia
Good start
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Old Tue 20 January 2015, 16:32
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
A little bit more is done, My laser cut kit came in and the z car is welded.
And yes I did countersink the 2 holes. All and all everything seems to be square and level....

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Old Sat 24 January 2015, 20:16
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
CONTROL BOX STARTED

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Old Sun 25 January 2015, 05:42
MetalHead
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Columbiana AL
United States of America
Lookin good!
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Old Sun 25 January 2015, 08:03
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
Good to see bites of the elephant.
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Old Sun 25 January 2015, 14:14
smreish
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Orlando, Florida
United States of America
excellent start indeed!
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Old Sun 01 February 2015, 21:45
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
more work done on control box, doing things right and pretty takes so long....

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Old Mon 02 February 2015, 10:10
Fox
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
That part definitively takes the most time, doing electronics neatly, and then your vast box, will fill up quickly.
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Old Mon 02 February 2015, 10:28
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
I know this box is huge 20x30" but I also know I space plan like crap,
not much is going in it but when I'm done it will be full.
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Old Mon 02 February 2015, 23:53
Fox
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Old Gerald/Mechmate wisdom; your control box can never be too big .
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Old Tue 03 February 2015, 05:44
smreish
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Orlando, Florida
United States of America
I can tell you I filled every bit of a 20 x 30 and then some with the inverter on the wall outside the box. Wire management is SO much easier when you can see everything.
Good luck.
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Old Fri 06 February 2015, 21:24
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
good progress on table
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Old Fri 06 February 2015, 21:27
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
before the flip
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Old Sat 07 February 2015, 10:08
Fox
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Good work, feels great when a pile of steel turns into a table huh ?
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Old Tue 17 February 2015, 12:55
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
A bit more progress
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Old Wed 18 February 2015, 17:02
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
Nice. I'd hate to run into those beam ends while carrying a sheet of ply..
Wait till the gantry rolls the length of the table with a little push...great feeling, you're close to it.
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Old Tue 23 June 2015, 14:00
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
more progress

Well the frame is painted, and the sub rail for the linear rails is installed, now i am installing the linear rails.
I have a block mounted on the linear rail, the pins have a .022" gap and the wire is .016", center the wire and screw down the rail. should be with in +- .003 of straight. I have the wire insulated from the frame I'm playing with a ohm meter to tell when the wire is not touching the pins.






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Old Wed 24 June 2015, 04:03
racedirector
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New South Wales
Australia
Very impressive Jerry, nice linear install. Will be watching with interest.
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Old Wed 24 June 2015, 12:16
Fox
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Watching with interest... Still have my linear rails laying around here somewhere, running the diy v rails and so far no reason for the linear, but it was a 2day chore to make then v rails.. Youre saving that effort. I had similar approach in mind for the install.
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Old Wed 24 June 2015, 15:24
Alan_c
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Cape Town (Western Cape)
South Africa
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Nice method for aligning the rails...but the colour...oh boy the colour!!!
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Old Wed 24 June 2015, 15:34
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
Yea the color... It's kind of my thing.....
My company logo.....
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Old Wed 24 June 2015, 23:37
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
My first car was a Moriss Minor painted verde matese from Alfa Romeo. Some examples: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=is...matese+alfasudAddress&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BpSLVcS yLM3y7Abthb3wAg&ved=0CCoQ7Ak&biw=1278&bih=863#tbm= isch&q=verde+matese+alfa+romeo

It was useful over standard zinc-chromate paint

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Old Tue 07 July 2015, 19:37
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
linear rails mounted and z car on. Feels like I'm making progress!!!!!
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Old Fri 10 July 2015, 04:30
MetalHead
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Columbiana AL
United States of America
Makes me want lime sherbet
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Old Thu 16 July 2015, 14:22
fozzyber2
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baton rouge
United States of America
MOVING, fast!!!!

more progress, she is a beast!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTkIHYzLFE
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Old Thu 16 July 2015, 14:44
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
Canada
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So....now it has a hart beat....you must me a guy !!
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