Moved to New Shop to Do Real Work! #81 - Damietta, Egypt

[isladelobos]

Myousry
New design? Mechmate2? first notice about this.
You can fit the thread link?

[adel_sebaey1]

Hi ahmed u do all work ur self ?
or in a shop.
and u buy the motion sys. from hong kong??

[234ahmed]

Mechmate2 ???
1st time to hear about it mohamed. Anyway I've been lurking for over 3 years now and i can't wait for a new design . We have a solid proven design already why should we wait for something still goanna take it's time to grownup and become a beast ? We already have one

Adel:
I make all work by myself. That’s the fun part of the mechmate you can do it all yourself as long as you have what you need.
What do you mean by the motion system? I'm buying only the racks and pinions from Hong Kong.

[adel_sebaey1]

hellow Ahmed, all success in shaa allah . i mean the slide bearingand rod, because there ise a ready motion sys. but more expensive http://www.vxb.com/page/bearings/CTGY/LM

[myousry]

i meant linear slide like these photos

[234ahmed]

Ok now i know what are you guys talking about sorry for the misunderstanding. I'm using the standard mechmate method (if we can call it so) for driving my machine (V-rollers & shaped angles) as per the plans.
Linear slides are very expensive and would take me out of my budget.
I wish you both Adel and Mohamed all the best in your build

[234ahmed]

Have been busy on the last 4 weeks trying to have some progress.

Table & gantry is ready now, all V-rollers are seated and moving like a charm (it really sounds beautiful when you hear the rollers moving).
Thanks Gerald your design is awesome; each line & curve has its worth and it’s amazing how things fit together.
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Started with the attachments i think I can finish this week with the mechanical parts (I said that 2 years ago)

Next step the control box as I still didn’t order my cables and the box itself, Buttons and contactors. Time for some reading here again.

A photo for my metal band saw which helped me a lot. It’s really a nice tool.
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Ahmed

[myousry]

allah yenawar ya m3alem how did the steel cost you

[234ahmed]

teslam mohamed
the steel cost approx for the table is 1700 EGP and for the gantry 500 EGP. my table size is 1220X1220 (working area).

[KenC]

Well done! Lets make some saw dust!

[234ahmed]

Managed to get some electrical parts for my MM after a 2 days trip to the capital city -Cairo.

I was lucky finding some good shielded cables for a fair price (left from an old project).

I also got the Z-slide plate after a long day of searching.The material is K353 I was afraid that its gonna be hard to machine and drill but after reading the specifications and testing the machine ability i was satisfy (http://www.bohler-edelstahl.com/files/K353DE.pdf ).

I've got the gas spring also. The rate for the gas spring is 260 N. So i need to add more weight to balance the lifting force of the spring.Instead of having a tube supporting the z-slid plate( 50X25X3) as this tube size is not available locally i'll add a block of steel 50X25 which have a weight of 7 kg. Of course drilling this thickness sounds scary but i have some good drilling bits

Some pictures as i know we all like pictures

[234ahmed]

Thanks Gerald and all the great members of this forum. Almost finished
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Still have some fighting with my pause & resume buttons, router mount and my biggest fight with the software as i have zero knowledge in that area. More reading and learning.

cheers

[adel_sebaey1]

alsalam alikom AHMED its too nice work and finish.
i hope see u in work & rout, i've nearly finish collecting my plasma machine but same like u,
u r right "my biggest fight with the software as i have zero knowledge in that area. More reading and learning..

[zumergido]

very nice work.. too much progress.
how its egypt now that mubarak its no longer ruling. i want to go back to urgada to do some skuba!!

[myousry]

awsome work ahmed . are CNC machines getting spread all over damietta ?

[KenC]

Very nicely done! Good job!
Now, Make some wood dust & get you number!
You can run the machine without the "resume" & pause".

[234ahmed]

Adel: Thanks and i wish you the best in your build

Fernando: thank you, Egypt is great after Mubarak we make mechmate now . Hurgada is waiting for you. Good choice to spend your holidays.

Mohamed: thanks and the answer to your question is no. Some huge woodworking shops have large industrial CNC machines for their own work but most of the small shops in Damietta don't have access to these machine’s yet. ppl started to hear about it i wish i can have a good business in the near future.my intention is to experiment using my machine as a start and most probably i will start building a larger one soon.

Ken: I know i can run the machine without the resume & Pause but i already installed it even sough it's not responding as i thought it will be,
Any way logos and router mount are done soon I’ll be sending some pictures and a small video for the machine in action.
Ahmed

[myousry]

ahmed did you buy your cable chain carrier from egypt ?

[234ahmed]

I've got the cable chain from HongKong along with my rack & pinion.

[myousry]

how did you get it from HongKong did u buy from online retailer

[234ahmed]

yes Mohamed.

Deitech has alot of parts that can be used in MM. their service is great, check their site at www.

driver-motor.com

or contact their sales directly as they have many items not listed on their site.

sales@driver-motor.com

I hope that helps.

Ahmed

[myousry]

thanks a lot ya m3alem

[adel_sebaey1]

EGYPT is great with her sons...
i hope all success for every one in his work, in shaa allah.

[234ahmed]

sorry for not posting these pictures earlier but once you have this beast running you don't find the time to do anything else
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And the logo to earn a number
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[Gerald D]

Well done Ahmed . . . now we have Africa covered from south to north

(From west to east will not be in my lifetime )

[MetalHead]

Congrats !! Great looking machine !!! You get number 81 !!!!

[234ahmed]

Thanks Gerald it was possible because of you and the great MM forum members.
I wish i can help anyone the way you did to us & don't worry about covering Africa from east to west you already covering the whole world except this small part "so far"

Mike thanks for the Number!! It’s like a medal in front of the name. I really like it

[jhiggins7]

Ahmed,

Congratulations on completing your MechMate and earning Serial #81. Well done.

Here is the Updated Builder's Log.

Please review your entry and let me know any changes you want to make by replying to this message or by PM if you prefer.

[HomeMadeCnc]

Congratulations Ahmed! Welcome to your new addiction

[domino11]

Congratulation!