So close but still so far.Don`t you wish the end is near? Nice finish!:)

Nice going Alan, I can now see why you are a little behind me.;) You really put a lot of effort into building your MM....but it will be covered in dust one of these days.

Alan,

I only wish my machine looked like yours. Excellent quality judging from the pictures.

John

Cables have arrived


Well today was a momentous one, The company I work for has recently been taken over by another corporation and it has been decided that they no longer need a Technical Manager…so after five years its cheers with one weeks pay for every year worked.

Thankfully I have the Mechmate so there are at least options open to me, further incentive to get the beast finished before the end of the month. I know I am not in a unique situation and many have been there before (some inspiring posts on the Shopbot forum) so its not doom and gloom but another wonderful opportunity even if it is a little sooner than planned, sometimes we need a little push every now and then to get us moving in the right direction.

Thank you to Gerald and all the other inspiring folk on this forum for giving me the means to be able to be self sufficient, its all up to me now.

Alan,
Sorry to hear of the downsizing. Hopefully all will work out positively for you! :)

That's a good attitude Alan - it is going to serve you well.

Good Luck Alan Experiance Is On Your Side!

Great picture Alan. :)

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." ~Milton Berle

Alan, everybody has its story. But with your attitude towards your future, only the best can be waiting for you !
I’m flying solo for the past 8yrs after quitting MGR an office of 18 people and it is the best thing ever happened to me. Salary wise, well…. I’m still working on that ! Maybe the making of my MM will give this extra push to :D:D
Best of luck buddy, Robert ;)

( OT : One fun thing about “Attitude”. Take it’s alpha numerical value and add them all up to find a positive answer to what’s ahead of you….., you’ll see why and what’s all about. [A=1, T=20 etc] = Attitude ! ).

Sorry to hear that sad news, but I am sure with your new MM and your experience with CNC it will work out. Maybe you can go and help Sean D....since he will be operating so many MM's

All the best for your new future. It will be better!

Thanks for all the words of encouragement, its greatly appreciated.:)

Did some more work today, welded nuts on the flange plates and started assembling the first side - ran out of time so did not get as far as I had wanted to.

I see that you will be cutting next weekend!

Not cutting yet but at least the table is standing. Only finishing up at Natwood 11 Sept, so still only have weekends to work on machine. All the parts are at my Dads factory (70 Km's away) so can't work on it in the week :(


For those looking at adjustable feet...my simple solution - weld 16mm nut to foot plate, turn 4 disks with dimple, 16mm bolt and lock nut = ample adjustment for the worst floors, simple cheap and strong. The same system is used on our moulders at work and they only use 10mm bolts :eek:

Alan first thing I want to say is I like your feet. I was writing a post about feet at the same time you were. After I posted it I looked to see if there were any new post and there was ... yours. When I read it, it sounded as if my post was in response to yours. I promise I did not see your post until after I had posted mine. Sometimes things can be so weird.
Have a look and you'll see what I mean.

http://www.mechmate.com/forums/showthread.php?t=941

I really like the bolt together design. Nice job! Can't wait to see how it looks fully painted.

Hi Alan, Are you putting some more steel on the table ? Don't you need some bracing on the front and back sides. When that thing is moving / cutting the Y-Axis movement will shake the table like you cannot believe.

Thanks David

Dont worry Kobus, still lots of steel to add to that frame, time just caught up to me on Saturday - at least I missed watching the humiliating defeat...:mad:

I would rather sit on my roof or play with BBB before watching the NEW rugby...I call it NEW because in the old day's the people played without payment or political interference...they were REAL sportsmen.
Glad to hear that more steel wil be added.

Kept myself busy with my rails got better results than to watch the rugby!

Have completed the control box ready for installation. The hole on the door is a result of the boxes' previous life and will be covered with a nicely engraved plaque bearing the serial number once complete.

Amazing attention to detail!

Wwwooouaawwwyy…Very nice & neat Alan !!
Congratulation. A little over a year you started to show us your kitchen project, now more than ever it’s real !!

Inspirering for me and I’m convince for others too :D
Amicalement, Robert ;)

...okay, I quit. Just when you think you did a nice job wiring - Alan does a MIL SPEC wiring job on the panel! :)
Kudo's Alan - nice work.
Sean

Looks great Alan!

I do have two questions...
1. What are the two breadboards? and
2. How did you get the parallel connection out of the box?

Again... beautiful work!

Thats a really nice wiring job Alan! I really like the attention to detail as Gerald mentioned. Sometimes taking that extra 15 minutes makes all the difference. I'll be taking some pointers from you when I wire my box if you don't mind.:)

Alan,
That is a very professional job on the control box. :)

Gorgeous!!

WOW :eek:

A man with that kind of detail and quality should be operating his own company. ;)

Outstanding work is never boring to look at. Nice job Alan.

Pragtig

Maravilloso

Mooi

I like how the back of the transformer, the back mounting plate side, is turned towards the BOB for some shielding. :)

. . . . not that it is essential (see non-toroid transformer direct on the BOB), but all these little details do help in the end. That little transformer probably radiates a lot more noise than the big toroid. Toroids are simply amazingly quiet (and cool) by comparison.

Thanks Guys, after having worked on quite a few different types of machines (and being military trained) I found that neat accurate wiring makes fault finding much easier.

Bill

The BOB is a Bob Cambell Sound Logic board with relay sub board. The parallel connection is out the top of the box see here, post 25.

If anybody want any clearer or close up pics, just say the word.

SICK!

That is what my kids say these days to mean REALLY, REALLY, GOOD!

This is the new "gold standard" for control boxes. Well done! errrr... SICK!

[Just trying to keep up with my "modern" kids :-) ]

Panel Labels
 

I have noticed that the panels (most panels?) shown have not had any labels directing the use of the panel. I would think this would be a OSHA requirement in the US. If the MM is used to build something for sale, then you are subject to inspection (not likely but possible).

Kevin

Good observation Kevin, labels should be added. Particularly if there are a couple of other personnel operating the equipment.

Hi Alan, can you email me some detailed pics, I have PM'd my email id to you.

RGDS
IRfan

Very nice, clean, tidy and well arranged well done Alan