One Word!! Awesome!!

Cheers
Tony.

must be making dust soon...go for it. :)

Close to a number
 

We have been working a few hours at night this week - finally have "movement at the station".
After a false start - gantry jumped off the rails - another story:eek:
Sorted that out - mechanical - and connected the spindle, we have dust.
Only gently - but it is cutting - at last:)
Still a couple of things to finish - spoilboard etc, but well on the way.
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I feel that the real learning will now begin. The "Mechmate process" is a great system of extending oneself - learning to read plans, weld, spray paint, weld again, re-do bits that you didn't read the plans correctly, ............
Thanks again Gerald for freely giving of you're intellect and time.
For the record - I have a beard :)

Congrats Rick! Have fun playing! :)

Well done Rick!

Great job! I bet the saw dust never smell better.

Another happy dust maker….Congrad Ken…
Enjoy ;)

Well done and many happy miles riding that spindle up and down the road.

Great Job Rick, Not been on forum recently, Nice to see another member to the completed family :)

This weekend I am also giving final touches to mine :)

Welcome to the Club...Great Job.

Mike

Looking Good Rick! Congrats. :)

Great looking machine. Well done!:)

Great job , Nice build

Rick,

Congratulations on #45.

Congrats!! good to see it all finished and cutting!!
Well Done!!

Cheers
Tony.

That's a good looking machine Rick, Nicely done!

Update Builder's Log
 

Rick & Rob,

Congratulations to both of you on a great looking machine and Serial #45!:)
The Updated Builder's Log is here.

Please review your entry and let me know any changes you would like.

ALRIGHT GUYS!
its time to get this bad girl working 100%

We have been having some problems with holding the board down while cutting,
So were going to make a vac hold down system as well as some other cool mods :)

Our List To Do,
- Finish Pause / Resume buttons.
- Wire a Z-Height Setter.
- Vac Hold down.

This is the Z-Height Setter we have ordered.

Rob,

Its a nice probe, well made. Purchased two of them

Graeme

Hey Graeme,
How did you wire them?
I'm not sure if i should try it with a 12V power supply that i already have to add another transformer and use 5V instead.

Rob,

off the supply rail for the proximity switches 24v.

Graeme

via a circuit board designed to interface pmdx contacts and also allows for touch plates

Alright Guys,
had a good day on the girl today!
Have been thinking about her alot and we are going to add some more mods onto her.

Graeme,
I went and put a 5V transformer in, This way i can also wire a laser pointer in as well :)


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Started off with a work bench!

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Wired in another transformer - 5V,
This will power the probe and a laser pointer! :D
Also wired the push buttons (pause and resume into BOB)

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And we have started the vacuum table!

Nice Job! I'll be working on a vacuum table soon as well.