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After returning from the Monaco GP I have been on and off with the project over the past 3 month or so building the z-axis […]
After returning from the Monaco GP I have been on and off with the project over the past 3 month or so building the z-axis […]
Overview Limit switches have two main purposes. Firstly and most importantly they tell the controller board When one of the axes has moved to its […]
The x axis is now more or less completed with the motor, lead-screw and the nut that will move the whole z-axis back and forth. […]
I decided that I shouldn’t cut corners and do things right from the start. This lead me to my next purchase, a router plunge press […]
Well bad news is that my gantry base was destroyed by me adjusting my badly drilled holes for the y-axis bearings. The MDF was from […]
The x-axis support bars have been attached to two MDF 2 by 2’s that were supports for my old kitchen units. I based the distance […]
Now for the tool that is going to be controlled by the machine to do the actual cutting. After a bit of research on the […]
The motor, bearings and lead-screw for the y-axis have been attached to the base along with a simple lead-screw nut assembly which attaches to the […]
I found that the base had some bowing in which attaching the fully support rails levelled out for me. I had to place additional cross […]
Quite a bit of work has been completed since I last updated this blog. The fully supported rails have been attached to the base which […]
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