How the Fk did you manage to knock that all off in such a short time!
It's embarrassing you know.
Don't you have another shop to build or something?
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Check my thinking please!
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How the Fk did you manage to knock that all off in such a short time!
It's embarrassing you know.
Don't you have another shop to build or something?
I actually thought that took ages.
Maybe it’s because my shop is small so I don’t have to walk far to get things?
I honestly don’t know. Seemed like 2-1/2 hours from cutting the plate to installed is about right for me.
I haven’t powder coated it yet so it’s not done, done.
See, if you had milled that out of a solid chuck of cast iron or even steel, you would still be shopping for the stock or at least having fun making chips and you wouldn't need to paint it.
I hope you don't run out of things to do runnin around that shop at laser speed like that.....
I'd change your user name to RoadRunner, but you would just change it back..........
Thanks for all of the excellent suggestions folks!
In case anyone in the future googles "VM32 CNC conversion", I copied all the posts except for the first over to the conversion thread.
In case anyone in the future googles "VM32 CNC conversion", I copied all the posts except for the first over to the conversion thread.
Hoping folks can check my thinking.
The X axis ball screw that came in the kit I bought is too long for my table so I need to cut it down and machine the end.
I don't want to mess this up.
Here's some pics to illustrate the situation.
Here the excess length and the machined end.
This is the bearing carrier and the mount that bolts onto the end of the table.
I measured the distance between the end of the table and the mount and came up with 130mm.
This is what 130mm looks like on the ball screw.
So my thinking is if I cut off 130mm of...
The X axis ball screw that came in the kit I bought is too long for my table so I need to cut it down and machine the end.
I don't want to mess this up.
Here's some pics to illustrate the situation.
Here the excess length and the machined end.
This is the bearing carrier and the mount that bolts onto the end of the table.
I measured the distance between the end of the table and the mount and came up with 130mm.
This is what 130mm looks like on the ball screw.
So my thinking is if I cut off 130mm of...
