Collecting electrical parts
 

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 :p

Some pictures as i know we all like pictures :)

waiting for logos and router mount
 

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 :)

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!!

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

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

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

ahmed did you buy your cable chain carrier from egypt ?

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

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

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.

https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif[email protected]

I hope that helps.

Ahmed

thanks a lot ya m3alem

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

making dust :)
 

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

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

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

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" :D

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

Updated Builder's Log
 

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.

Congratulations Ahmed! Welcome to your new addiction :)

Congratulation! :)

Updated Builder's Log
 

Ahmed,

Thanks for the PM providing corrections to your Builder's Log Entry.

The Updated Builder's Log is here.

making real work
 

It was long time since i posted any progress. My MM was moved to a new home (small shop) and started to make some work. Some of the things I've done lately:
Mirror Frame
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Another Mirror Frame
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Some engraving work
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3d Leaf (80 cm)
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And of course the famous
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Now I’m in need for a larger machine so i will enlarge my X dimension to 2440
Another thing is to add a spindle and a decent vacuum system. Photos will be submitted as the work go on.
Greetings
Ahmed

I like your chair...:D
Other stuff is also nice

nice start ahmed keep on i still have some problems in making my machine because of my partner interest in the egyptian revolution but soon we will be back to our building process in the meantime i spend my time making reliefs so as to be ready for machining ,
good luck
i attach some photos my reliefs what's your opinion?

Nice Ahmed, I like the engraving work with the flowers.

Myousry - you will have to do us a tutorial on how to do such nice reliefs.

Yes tutorials by the time your partner returns - please

Good done Ahmed nice machine and i think u must make the big one from the first time so it takes the same time, electrics and work ; just the size of the gantry.
i hope u all success, i'm still working in the plasma.
adel sebaey
suez

Thanks guys,
Kobus: you inspired me to make that chair when i first saw it in your post, Thanks.
Amazing work Mohamed congratulations, as Irfan said we need some tutorials for these wonderful designs.
Adel: I built my machine on the roof of my house:) (4th floor), all the time i was thinking how i will get it down so i had to make it small and bolted now i have more space.

Ahmed

well guys i am still new to the field of making reliefs and i cannot make any tutorials. well ahmed what's your opinion with this leaf ? it's Still under completion. i hope my work satisfies everyone

The hard work of the chair was done by Alan. He deserves the credit.
Those reliefs are awsome...cannot wait to see how they will look on wood.

thanks a lot kobus but really it's a very exhaustive to make these reliefs my first try to make reliefs was these 2 panels. i was hesitant to show them as i made them from 2 photos in a website. it was a try to test my ability to imitate these models from just photos.also these 2 cornice and the one under completion are also from photos. a relief may take from me more than a month in order to finish it according to it details . anyway thanks again guys i hope you enjoy my work
Mohamed yousry

Nice work, if you post the files I'll cut them, keep up the good work,

Cheers
Tim

Nothing to be ashamed off...wish I could do it

thanks Tim . thanks Kobus

Yeah, these are really first class reliefs !

Thanks Danilo

Ok ahmed its really nice and more hard work
i hope u make all ur dreams

The leaf in post 69, just post a tutorial for that and then everything folks here will pickup - awsome!

Awesome!
You are being modest, you are actually a league ahead! Anything you say WILL BE a tutorial.

myousry

can you capture a few screen shots on how you have done that leaf in post 69 - would want to see your approach in how you do it.