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  #901  
Old Wed 11 February 2015, 20:57
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Painted. Pictures tomorrow
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  #902  
Old Wed 11 February 2015, 23:11
racedirector
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New South Wales
Australia
I know, I know..... not telling though
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  #903  
Old Thu 12 February 2015, 19:20
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
New Z axis!

It took a little while to draw this out. I stayed at relatively the same height above the Y car but have some new benefits to the Z. I used a 1610 ball screw with 500mm x 20mm round rails and bearings. I added push adjustments for ease of tramming. I had to make a nylon bushing for the bottom slot so I would have a pivot for front to rear adjustment. There is ±2° adjustment front to rear and ±5° side to side. More than is needed. The steps per inch worked out to 5080 and I can still run 500 IPM rapids. I did gain +2 inches to the retract height. One thing I found before was even though there was 8.79 inches from the collet to the spoilboard, adding a 2.5 inch bit reduced the ability to carve some larger stuff I had to turn away. Now I retract to over 11 inches using the 500mm rails so the bit is up inside the gantry during traverse to the tool change position. I was not looking for this but I worked with the parts purchased. I have full travel to the spoilboard with the collet flat on the spoilboard. Truing the spindle was less than 5 minutes both times. First time when testing and the second after painting.

Any questions feel free to ask.

Enough already, here are the pictures or click one to see them on Flickr.



















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  #904  
Old Thu 12 February 2015, 19:42
racedirector
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New South Wales
Australia
Wow, wow, wow! Looks awesome painted Pete, this is definitely on my list of things to do to the MM.
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  #905  
Old Thu 12 February 2015, 23:25
Alan_c
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Cape Town (Western Cape)
South Africa
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Looks fantastic Pete!

I assume you used a section of large channel for the pivot mounting plate? Are all the painted sections steel?

Have you tried doing any heavy cutting, how well does the alumimium channel keep the assembly stiff in the forward/back direction?

ps - where do we download the cad files???
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  #906  
Old Fri 13 February 2015, 02:35
lonestaral
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Isarn
Thailand
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Looks and sounds good.
A lot of time and effort gone into that.
I am sure that it will inspire others.
Well done.
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  #907  
Old Fri 13 February 2015, 03:31
sailfl
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Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Pete, nice job. I am interested in hearing about what you have done for the dust collection tube. It looks interesting. Could you post some detailed photos and provide some more detailed info?
Thanks
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  #908  
Old Fri 13 February 2015, 04:31
Tom Ayres
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Bassett (VA)
United States of America
Pete, That is an Excellent Work of Art. I applaud you!
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  #909  
Old Fri 13 February 2015, 05:43
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan_c View Post
Looks fantastic Pete!

I assume you used a section of large channel for the pivot mounting plate? Are all the painted sections steel?

Have you tried doing any heavy cutting, how well does the alumimium channel keep the assembly stiff in the forward/back direction?

ps - where do we download the cad files???
All painted sections are steel. Initial testing has been good so far. I will let you know as it is used more if any problems arise.
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  #910  
Old Fri 13 February 2015, 05:45
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
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I will provide cad files of the design to anyone interested.
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  #911  
Old Fri 13 February 2015, 05:49
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
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Pete, nice job. I am interested in hearing about what you have done for the dust collection tube. It looks interesting. Could you post some detailed photos and provide some more detailed info?
Thanks
I did not have to make any adjustments to the tube up to the 4 to 6 bell reducer. What questions do you have and what would you like to know?
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  #912  
Old Fri 13 February 2015, 05:50
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
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Pete, That is an Excellent Work of Art. I applaud you!
Thank you Tom
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  #913  
Old Sat 14 February 2015, 04:59
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
Canada
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Very nicly done, inspiring work.
Thks for sharing and your generosity !
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  #914  
Old Sat 14 February 2015, 09:39
IMMark
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Columbus Ohio
United States of America
Excellent work as always Pete!
I really like the adjustments, something I would like to incorporate into my design.
As always, thanks for sharing!
Mark
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  #915  
Old Sat 14 February 2015, 20:20
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
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First cut after upgrade. Cut from a piece of stain grade pine. 12" x 11.25" x 0.75". Model height is 0.74" and is 11" high.

First cut after new z axis, on Flickr
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  #916  
Old Sat 14 February 2015, 20:23
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
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Sweet...
So, this New-Z seem to work as good if not better !
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  #917  
Old Sun 15 February 2015, 02:31
Fox
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
For a moment i thought you had made a double extending z slide...
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  #918  
Old Sun 15 February 2015, 19:57
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Robert, I may be bias but I honestly think it is better. My touch of probe is slightly off to the spoilboard. This left an onion skin. Before the cut was not as consistent. I was comparing to the Christmas one I cut before. The Z cut appears more even now. There were minute variations before.
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  #919  
Old Mon 16 February 2015, 02:54
Tom Ayres
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Bassett (VA)
United States of America
Hey Pete, may I be the first to request the cad drawings? Thanks.
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  #920  
Old Mon 16 February 2015, 03:42
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
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Pete, in my book your not being bias.....it's the being self reward & very satisfied with one own work....and good results
I too tend to believe it may be "better"...... it's nicely thought out, nice materiel, nice build......but...cauz there is a one (but), it's the cost factor. Money can make "mechanical" make things ( among other) go better when those factor are inline.
Nicely done mate
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  #921  
Old Mon 16 February 2015, 07:09
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Tom, do you want the files or the drawings? If files then which format?
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  #922  
Old Mon 16 February 2015, 07:24
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
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I'm curious.... may I ask you a DWG ?
In what software did you originally did your drawing ?
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  #923  
Old Mon 16 February 2015, 07:26
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
United States of America
Rhino 3D
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  #924  
Old Mon 16 February 2015, 08:14
pblackburn
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South-Central Pennsylvania
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I should ask if you can open 3D dwg's or do require 2D?
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  #925  
Old Mon 16 February 2015, 10:39
Corei7vne
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Corei7vne
Panama
Bookmark to read later...
Cheers,
Corei7vne
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  #926  
Old Mon 16 February 2015, 13:33
Robert M
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Lac-Brome, Qc
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I can open 3d dgw with autocad, but never tried one from Rhino !?
Meaning, it remain an interpretation, not an original dwg from Autocad !!?
Let's give it a try, if you do not mind !?...
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  #927  
Old Tue 17 February 2015, 01:10
Alan_c
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Cape Town (Western Cape)
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Me too please, 2D - either DXF or DWG

Thanks
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  #928  
Old Tue 17 February 2015, 13:15
digger
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Toronto
Canada
Me too, please.

Thanks
Milosh
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  #929  
Old Wed 18 February 2015, 02:49
Tom Ayres
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Bassett (VA)
United States of America
Thanks Pete.
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  #930  
Old Wed 18 February 2015, 17:07
darren salyer
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Wentzville mo
United States of America
Beautiful work on the Z and the hearts!!
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