some news from galgan
 

it's time to let you know my progress, i've welded the gantry cut and drill the X and Y rail, welded the table support, painting Y car, spider plate and motor plate and i start beveling the rail next week.
I post some pictures soon.

Middle March I said . . . .

. . . . . . then Mickey vanishes . . . .

Today he appears like a phantom.

Welcome back! Good to hear of the progress! :)

hi there, some news, i've finished Y car and Z axis, all painted, i'm out of wire in my MIG welder and i go with Stick now, i've started to grind Y rail and i think finished the gantry next week.

Gerald, i haven't moved the beam yet, i have to make the second side Legs Weld, paint and after i move it. I've got a lot of Homework, I've started some work on my house to start a B&B "Gîte" in french.

Some picture of my last work

Y-car fully assembled, rail grind started
 

this day i've made the first side grind of rail's, i start the second side this afternoon, start gantry and clamp strip sand.

Looks like very professional progress. Bravo!

Hey Mickey. Great Job! Good to see those pictures.

Mickey,

Gotta like that MM blue. :)

Nice work.

X and Y rail Grind complete
 

This morning i've finished rail's grind, i cut it to the right lenght and weld stop block's this morning, start painting the gantry this week and finished the beam support. (i see the finish point ;) )

Mickey ,
You build is coming along great. :) Keep up the pictures.

This day First coat of paint on the gantry and clamp strip, seconde tomorrow morning with some picture's.

gantry paint finished, stop block welded, first coat on Y rail's, picture tomorrow. :)

Picture and Video of Gantry + Y Car
 

some picture's and 1 video.

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=npSXMeRYW0A

Good video Mickey, it seems very light.

I saw The Finish line
 

some news this day, finished to weld the second beam support, wel and paint the cable chain support and paint. tomorrow is the beam and suport painting day, i think this weekend i moved the beam's to my workshop and start assembly.

beam support painting finished
 

some picture of these morning, i start main beam's and cross support beam's painting tomorrow

Nice blue heavy steel.

this day i've finished one beam with leg's, painted some cross beam's and start painting the second beam, i moved it tommorow to my workshop with a friend, ( i follow your recommandetion and i've got a lumbago from one week ago just finished) :D

Tomorrow we have 2 cases of lumbago in France - Mickey & friend. :)

i'm alive without lumbago !!!!!
 

it's ok, we will move beam's without trouble, i take picture's tomorrow, and i start beam drill and tap.

some news of these day's, beam's are drilled an tapped, side tube are fixed and tomorrow a friend help me to put the gantry on the angle iron and put the Y-car.

Looks good!

What is that thing on your drill? Did you use it for tapping the threads?

Also see signs of a rotary indexer.

yes Gerald but this tool is for drill 0 to 90° and yes i use it to tap, drill tube, i post a picture of this tool in detail next, and yes it's an indexer i've started to make a support for the stepper motor.

your at home now, i think your trip was good:)

table finished start soldering connector's
 

i've finished the table this day, i start soldering XLR connector on moto's and cable tomorrow, that smell the end, the last picture is for Gerald, this is thel tool i use to drill and tap.

You've done a really great job with your MechMate - looks spot on perfect!

all finished, first and second cut test finished
 

hi all, it make me a long time to finish cable XLR sold, but it's now allright, i've just a little problem to reverse 0,0 home for job, because i want 0,0 on the front left side of the table, for this time i've made a job mirror on vcarve, but i try to find a solution. i post two picture's of my first cub job.

Mickey,

Very nice. Congratulations.

That first picture looks like some of my workers. :)

It moves! It cuts! Well done!

To change the 0,0 origin, the easy way for me is to reverse the direction of the motors. If you have wired the motors:

then change it to
In other words, reverse only one coil.

You can also change it somewhere in the Mach3 "firmware"

Mickey,

Fantastic job and such rapid progress!
Life is good in France:)

A few questions if you don't mind.
Have you a rough total of your costs to date ?
Did you source the electrical parts, motors, Geckos's etc in Europe or go direct ?
Is the donkey you cut out a bit of 'fun' try out or does have a purpose?

Hi Mickey, Please make your DXF file of the donkey available to me. The way petrol price is going up, I need a couple of those guys to take me around.

Nice work, wish I was cutting already, not just drawing pictures...BUT you must learn to crawl before you can walk.;)

ok, thank's for your reply, i'm not a newbie in CNC, i've worked in a workshop with a small CNC engraver, and vinyl cutter, and ~1 year ago i've allready made a small CNC to cut small motor model (plane, boat), i make the cost of my MM in few week's, because i don't have enought time to get it up to date now, for history, this donkey is for a village fair, it's the game "tail of the ass", the upside of the donkey is made with a lot of nail and the tail of the donkey have a magnet, for information the donkey is copyrighted, but i've made some modification on the clipart.

i'm alive
 

Hi there, some news of galgan, i've made a lot of cut now, i post pictures next week, because i've got a lot of work to do on my B&B, i post pic
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Good news Mickey! I was wondering if already your B&B was keeping you busy through your summer tourist season? :)