"I will get the g code for you."
Great ;)
Maybe, if not to long or trouble, post it here....as you wish ! :D

Cool Pete.Thanks!!

George has paid for himself!!
 

It's been just under 4 months and the MM has paid for itself.
It is kept busy about 3 days a week cutting sheet goods and doing dovetailing for drawers.
I am also cutting out bodies for ukuleles. Pretty slick.

Well done.
We all love a success story.

Well done on fully utilising the machine, must feel really good doing that!

Just love the instruments, all of them ar pretty cool. I want to build my son one in preparation for a full sized guitar. I saw a cncrouterparts video on making a solid body ukulele so might use his stuff when I get around to it..

From one Pete to another. Awesome job on your machine and work that you are doing!!!

Thanks Pete. It has been a fun process.

Nice Pete.

Ukuleles on the Mechmate
 

Here is a little video of the completed ukes that I am crafting on my Mechmate.
Now I need to figure out how to do the necks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkP05Ql1Lx8

They Sir are awesome! Heres a link to the cncrouterparts video that had files for download, maybe you can get an idea for the necks off that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WCNph720XI

Thanks Bruce. Fun watching the video. Similar but different. I machine a top and bottom then apply the sides. I feel it gives me the strength with a thinner side for better resonance. The neck is for a flat neck.
Got to watch the video on a dust shoe so that helped.

This is fun.

Cutting more ukes on the cnc. Sure is working sweet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rsZPVarL7U

So are you like the prominent Uke maker in the States now?

Moving time
 

We are moving to a new location. Only about 300 ft from our current building but still takes some rigging to get it done. To get the Mechmate out of our current building it needs to go on it's side so some disassembly is required.

We removed the gantry and control box , leaving the wiring intact.

Then we put casters on the side of the MM so it can go out the doorway and be wheeled down to the garage. From there we will chain it from the 4 corners and use the skidsteer with forks to move it to it's new home.

Your machine definitely looks like it is getting plenty of use.

Lots of use is correct.
When we get into the new home we will even get dust collection hooked up. I won't be able to use it for dovetails but that's OK.
It's time to get a 3d program so I can cut ukulele necks.

You wont regret the dust collection, my life became so much easier after that (and healthier). I forgot to switch it on the other day, and I was still amazed about the mess it can make within the first 20 seconds of cutting a sheet of mdf in one pass, without any dust collection. Geez.. those 20 seconds cost me half hour to clean up ... as the roostertail of dust flew into the air and took a while to settle on everything in the shop.:D

Thanks for the motivation Fox.
We are excited about our move and wanting to reduce housekeeping. We are downsizing space big time as we concentrate on the MM. Semi retirement.
Going from a 15000 ft building to 2500 sq ft.
No employees. Yes.

1 employee. 1 that does not moan and does not get sick, only makes noise and dust ;-)

Amen.
Just Tony and me.

Just noticed. #127 hasn't been added to the builders log.

Sheesh.

Builder's Log Update
 

Pete,

Congratulations on completing your MechMate and earning Serial Number 127.

Thanks for pointing out that your entry in the Builder's Log was missing. I generally check the posts every day. I missed the post where Mike awarded you Serial Number 127. And yesterday I spent all day in the Ft Lauderdale airport waiting to board the plane.

Here is the Updated Builder's Log with your entry added. Please look it over and let me know any changes you'd like to make.

Also, please let me know the cutting dimensions of your MechMate for the Builder's Log.

Dimensions are 5 x 10.
Actual build time was 27 days. We started cutting steel for it on Feb 11 and cut wood with it on March 9. Granted we had most of what we needed stockpiled so we could kick ass.

And that should be Pete and Tony as builders.

Thanks for adding us.

Builder's Log Update
 

Here's the Updated Builder's Log.

Thanks for the updates.

Moving day today. Finished our wiring yesterday and no snow. Hope it goes well.

Good luck with the move, should be a breeze with your prep.

Please send some snow down to Australia, 44C today in my area, still 40C at 9pm.....

Well we got it all moved. No issues. Gantry is back on. Tomorrow we will relevel and start cutting again.
https://youtu.be/XNcxvwuEOmc

We had -35f yesterday morning. It was a bit chilly.😀

Finally dust collection.
 

Well it took almost a year and making a move to a new home but we finally got our dust collection hooked up.
https://youtu.be/ZQUKDbT5Ab4
We modified the collar that came with the router to attach the dust shoe. Works pretty slick.
Here is a link.https://www.facebook.com/groups/cncr...6419327839837/

Nice work on the dust collection, love the idea of a swivelling dust pipe. Might just have to steal that one :)

Loving the dust shoe.
I created a vacuum program to run between sheets to pick up the sawdust that was packed in the grooves. Runs in about 3 minutes. Faster than grabbing a small hose.

Surfaced the table. No dust.
https://youtu.be/Vtqe0Gm6Xbs

Nice heh ! Good work.

Really nice work. Nice design on the dust collector swivel. What product is the flexible hose connecting the PVC to the Y-Car? It seems to do a good job!

The hose came from Woodmaster Tools. http://www.woodmasterdrumsanders.com...ail.cfm?PID=14

Seems to be a pretty nice product. I like the recoil feature.

Thanks for the link, Pete.

Nice job Pete, always a pleasure moving especially when it's-35 out. So you're not going to do the angled dovetails anymore?

Definitely still doing the angled (piecut) drawers. 20-40 each week.
I want to rejig so it will do all processes from one zero point. Tweeking you know.

Still making sawdust
 

Doing more work for my ukuleles on the Mechmate. I sure am glad I have it. It doesn't sit quiet very often.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qmn...ature=youtu.be

Sanding fixture for the Mechmate
 

I built a sanding fixture to mount a Bosch electric random orbit sander on my Mechmate. Takes about a minute to install.
It is powered by the g8 command in mach 3 so it turns on and off by itself.
So far so good. It works great for sanding the small drawer parts.

I use a Milwaukee router and I just took the base to it and cut it down, mounted an outrigger to it , then made a bracket to hold the sander.

Now to run a hose for the dust collection......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0RPuJ7ObV8
https://youtu.be/Wliagef0pzA