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Starting my control panel - Battle Creek MI
I have been a long time getting parts to start my control box. It is time for me to get started. Box 20" X 21", PMDX 424 USB board, 70v 1500 w power supply,
4-G201x drives, PMDX 134 board on top of the drives. The box will be feed with 220v shop power, Windows 7 computer. That is the start of this, looking to cut something someday not to far in the future. Any help will be great. ![]() Thanks for looking. |
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Panel Pic's
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Looks good, i have sure that you will finish your project first than i
![]() Go ahead Tim. |
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Nice!
That looks like the same enclosure I bought at surpluscenter.com. Where'd you source the heatsink? |
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Little more work done
Here is some more pic of the control box. Got to spend a little time in the shop over the weekend. Please let me know what you think. All help is welcome.
Ordered my bent kit from MetalHead ![]() |
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Yep
That is were I got the Box from... I had the heatsink for about 2 years and will have to look it up for you.
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More pic
Here is some more pic's. Looking forward to starting the base frame ect...
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Nice
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Sweet!
Now I know it'll all fit. Thanks! |
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Fun, fun,fun.
Before you know it you will be making sawdust. |
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Update Pics
Got some work do on my MachMate this weekend.
Steel has arrived, and got it cut all up. Table tacked together. What do you think good or bad. Tim |
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More Pics
The man in the pics is a good friend Danny, and he is a great paint and body man as well.
Here is some more of the table. |
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One More set
Let me know what you are thinking.
Stay Safe Tim |
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Put in some cross bracing, you'll be amazed how much it moves around under it's own power.
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Fox, I ran out of time this weekend. I plan on adding some all the way around the base. I love the help Thanks.
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Looking great!
I'm in Allen Park. |
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Looks like you're about ready for grinding the rails. For whatever reason the rails and the paint seemed like two major milestones for me. Unfortunately I don't have a heated shop and I finished the metal work in the dead of winter. So I ended up having to wait until good weather.
Great build you have going! Keep the pictures coming! |
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You got your up and running? Maybe We can get together and show me some pointers on running this thing.
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Got some more work done on Friday. It is starting to look like a machmate... I hope.
firechief |
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Here is some pics.
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Had a lot of time this weekend to work on the old girl.
This is the cart mockup at welding done. |
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Also had Monday off (Go Trump) so I got some done on the Z slide and spider plate.
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Z slider almost done
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Got things setting on top of the I beams... Please let me know what you think or suggestions. I'm up for anything that mite help make it better.
The I beams are just setting there, I need to cut them off and weld them down to the table. I have been putting grinding the rail off for to long, looks as if that is what is next. Don't look fun at all. firechief Last edited by firechief; Tue 21 February 2017 at 13:21.. |
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Tim,
Rail grinding is like the rest of the project. Looks daunting until you get done then you say "That wasn't so bad" I was going through this just a year ago. What a godsend it has been to have it. |
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Looking at the pics, me thinks your not building a machine to cut wood?
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I dreaded grinding the rails
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I hope to get started on them this weekend. Got some work done on the spider and z plate. I will get some pic soon.
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Rails are easy when you setup properly. Search the forum. But in short, stable platform good sliding skate turn cut to height with thin 1 mm stainless cutting discs from pferd or such, then convert grinder support to angle, and sand down with 36 grid and then 60 or such sandpaper glued on thick cutting disk as support. Took me one day to do all rails for 2*3 MTR machine. Within 0,01. Don't forget to clean the grinding dust when cutting rail to height, cause you introduce height differences.
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Fox...thanks for the info on grinding. I hope it is like a lot of things, after you get started it is not so bad. I got the z slide done tonight and working on my belt drives.
Thanks all for your input. Firechief |
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