How in the world can you miss my commentaries. I would always be their to share my experiances with you guys.

Ha Ha Ha, good answer.

This thread has a new title. http://www.mechmate.com/Forum/clipart/happy.gif

Gerald, What's it goin to sound like?

It is already changed - look at the list of threads and now you will see this one:

My project completed! - Fabrica (Sri Lanka) - Serial No. 1

Thanks For the Title, Gerald. It's a honour.

Hello Fabrica,

Any pictures of your 4 th axis in progress.......

Regards
Irfan

I will upload some pics today. I have turned out most of the parts. Just a matter of assembling them.

Thats great Fabrica, what software are you going to use to generate the Gcode for the 4 axis. Artcam?

are you using another gecko to power your 4th. axis stepper?

Nice to know u here....some day i will fly to srilanka and meet you.

Let me complete my router first.

Thanks in Advance for the photos you are going to post.

CYA

Fabric,
WOW, very nice work. I'm new here and have just started the process (printing plans, ordered the laser cut parts, etc. etc.)

I hope my finished mech mate is half as good as yours. I'm already changing the round supports on the base to boxed members.

Fabricaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Photos please........you know your photos will influence design of my router, pls do post the photos.......

Thanks in Advance
IRfan

We only needed 4 runs and still had 5 wickets.....and then Malinga! Did you stay up to watch?

I was unable to watch the match since I was in Singapore on that day and in that country they never show cricket matches. Anyway I was told that it was a pretty interesting game.

Our country is becomming quite famous for comming out with bowlers who tend to have unique bowling actions. Yesterday night Chris Gayle did not know what was being thrown at him.

This is a door design which I did with MDF

http://www.mechmate.com/Forum/messages/329/15118.jpg

nice work fabricia....

Thanks Kim.

Hi Fabrica, of course I was cheering for your team on Saturday - you did very well! The door is nice too!

How are your machines numbers 2 and 3 coming along? Any laser fireworks yet?

Fabrica: That type of design begs for three dimensional (2.5 to the purists!)execution. That does, of course, mean that the machining time goes up severely, but so does the value. If you do not have the software to model this and would like to see what can be done with it send me the dxf and I will play with it a bit and send it back to you as a relief. I have a little extra free time right now and wouldn't mind the "assignment".

Dave

Gerald, these Aussies are super Humans maybe we should ban them from playing international for a few years until the rest of the nations play catchup with them.

I still have not started on the 2nd and 3rd machines. I have got down the laser (60 Watt, universal U.S.A). These days making the mount to fix laser on to the existing Y car. If any guy is interested in getting to know more about this project please let me know.

David, Thanks for your kind thoughts I will send the dxf file to you tomorrow. Today it's a Holiday in Sri Lanka.

How about starting a seperate section on the laser?

Hello fabrica. I will also be very interested in fallowing your progress with the laser.

Good Idea Arthur get Geralds permission.

Arthur, How is your 4th axis project progressing.

A laser is just another "toolhead" in my book - here is a thread for that.

I have all the parts to rebuild the gantry and have the laser cut parts welded. It is slow going between business and my wife having heart bypass surgery. Surgery went well and she was home in 5 days. Realy fantastic since she had a 20" cut down the front. After 2 days she went back with a post operative infection and had 2 more surgeries to remove the infected material and replace the removed flesh after the infection was under control. She gets out of intensive care today and will be moved to a ward where she will spend up to a month getting her strength back before she comes home. Fortunitly both of us are Army vets and are covered by the Vererans Administration medical center. Also the VA hospital here in Dallaes is a teaching hospital and has all the latest equiptment. Ironic, I spent 17 years in Special Operations and the only time I got seriously hurt was on a parachute jump in the States and have normal medical problems and she was in Combat Engineers and has a lot of problems. A little know fact is that in Special Ops we have more hurt in training than in combat.

Happy to hear that your wife is recovering after a big and complicated surgery. We wish you all the best.

With a mechmate can you achieve the same results that are being achieved with a gravograpgh, specilly when it comes to engraving small letters in Stainless steel and bronze surfaces. I have tried this with Onsrud tools bits specially meant for steel surface engraving with not so happy results. The letters do not look as fine and neat as you get with a dedicated engraving machine like Gravograpgh. The roter speed I operated on was 18,000 RPM.

The link to the Onsrud tool that I employed to engrave letters on a steel surface is given below.

http://www.onsrud.com/pdf/NewProducts.pdf

Hi Guys, I am back again. I Hope that I have not missed out on much.

Welcome back. Not too much happened this side. Is your laser running yet?

Hello Fabrica. Nice to hear you are back.

Fabrica,
Any news on your Mechmate? Laser working yet? More project photos? :)

The mechmate is up and running again. I am still to fix the laser. No sooner it is done I will upload the pics.