You bet! 1-1/8" diameter, it takes off about .060" at a time :)

<paraphrase> Surfaced it three times already, and it's still too shallow! :)

Yeah, my guess is that it is also called a "planer".

It's the same bit I use to surface the spoils board, I've used it to "plane" lots of wood. I used it to plane the oak slats in the tambour box from about 5/8" to 1/4" and the red cedar ( closet liner ) from 3/8" to 1/4". I really need to be able to resaw and get a real planer.

Dennis and I are going to build a saw to resaw, maybe this summer.

and while the dragon was eating from the dog feeder, it burped, and gave the feeder that scorched look? :confused::)

Well done Dave!

Almost ready to go. I took it for a spin around the block today and ran the spindle for the first time. Ran the roadrunner program and almost made some chips but figured I need the stop switches on it before I cut wood. Dave and Scott better put their stickers on their machines because mine will be cutting in a few days.

Dave and Scott have been waiting for me to get mine done before they put their stickers on so we could get consecutive numbers, they better get ready because I am almost done.

Gerald/Mike, when you give is our numbers Dave's was done first then Scott's and mine last. If it’s ok we would like consecutive numbers in that order.

Thanks.

Dennis

By the way, those are the stickers laying on the table

Nice work Dennis!

Ok, at this point all three machines are cutting and are stickered up. I still have lots to do like getting the 4th axis running and limit switches, but Dave’s, Scott’s and mine should be official enough for #’s. I hope!

Dennis

Well done guys!

Wow, The first triple build complete! :)

#49, #50 and #51

Congratulations on three great builds. Welcome to the club.

ok - now who's got which one :D

Welkome to the Elite Club congrats!

You guys did really nice work on those, they look great..

The MechMate Trio! Very cool! Great Job You guys.

Great Job !!! Who gets which number again?

Mike

Dave 49, Scott 50 and Dennis 51

dragonfinder1 - Dave was first

forks_dad - Scott second

DeadGuy - Dennis last

Congrats guys! It would have been funny if you guys had numbers 49.1 49.2 and 49.3.

All three have a 60" x 120" cutting surface available. All three have 20 awg wire to the motors. Mine has G-540 drive, the other two have G 203v's.

Mine made the first cut on 11/2/2009

Dennis was 3/1/2010

Scott, I'm not sure.

Congrats for finishing this trio project! Great MM`s.

Brilliant team work! Extra hand sure make a world of difference. Now go make tons of dust!

Builder's Log Update
 

Dave, Scott and Dennis,

Congratulations to Oregon's Team MechMate on your THREE Mechmates and on Serial Numbers 49, 50 and 51.:)

Here is the Updated Builder's Log.

Please review your entries and provide any changes you want to make.

Yes, congrats to the 50 +/- 1 team! Happy cutting!

You must be proud to hit half century :), Congrats on nice builds love to watch your MMs.

Ditto on the big 50 plus !!! Profiles upated !!!

Mike

well done guys!!

Great Job Guys!

Starting to feel my machine is old now.

Hey guys. What size bolts are you using to bolt your machine together? More importatnly the 10-10-302 cross bears, what size bolts?

Thanks.

We used 3/8" diameter bolts mostly everywhere except for the rails which are 5/16". Miscellaneous bolt sizes in other places that are not structural.