Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from HD/Lowes
and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .

cmike hide wrote:
Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from HD/Lowes
and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .



That's pretty nice. (wanna e-mail me a copy of those plans?)

"shawn" wrote in message
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cmike hide wrote:
Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from
HD/Lowes and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .


That's pretty nice. (wanna e-mail me a copy of those plans?)

I can't do that but the plans, drawings, and a lengthy forum are available
at "CNC Zone.com .Look for Joe's CNC model 2006.......mjh

You need to get that URL link right. Can't seem to see it.

wrote:
| You need to get that URL link right. Can't seem to see it.

http://www.cnczone.com

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

Thanks Morris........mjh


"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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wrote:
| You need to get that URL link right. Can't seem to see it.

http://www.cnczone.com

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

mike hide wrote:

| Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from
| HD/Lowes and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .

Congratulations!

Have you test driven it (with or without a spindle) yet?

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

No not yet ,I still have to adjust the anti backlash nuts ,I did not realize
how much even small adjustments increase the driving torques .

As you can see I have not installed the driving hardware as such . As soon
as funds become available I will get the 4 axis package available from
"hobbycnc" Initially I plan on using only 3 axis . after that I have to
learn the ins and outs of Mach 3 and what to produce in terms of input cad
drawings . Hopefully I will live that long ...mjh


"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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mike hide wrote:

| Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from
| HD/Lowes and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .

Congratulations!

Have you test driven it (with or without a spindle) yet?

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

mike hide wrote:
| No not yet ,I still have to adjust the anti backlash nuts ,I did
| not realize how much even small adjustments increase the driving
| torques.

g Yuppers - as I understand it, RCH's are subdivided into skoosh,
subdivided into tendencies, subdivided into notions, ... and the
smallest adjustments really do matter.

| As you can see I have not installed the driving hardware as such .
| As soon as funds become available I will get the 4 axis package
| available from "hobbycnc" Initially I plan on using only 3 axis .
| after that I have to learn the ins and outs of Mach 3 and what to
| produce in terms of input cad drawings . Hopefully I will live that
| long ...mjh

The HobbyCNC package is pretty good. I went with the TurboCNC S/W and
hand-code the part programs (not sure if thats a brag or a complaint).

It's a rush to build a machine and watch it do its stuff for the first
time - it's an event worthy of champaigne, so make sure you have some
on hand!

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

"mike hide" wrote in message
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Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from HD/Lowes
and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .


Think if I were to build one, I would consider using Thomson Linear
Bearings, and ball screws, Smooth movement, and no backlash.

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"mike hide" wrote in message
...
Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from
HD/Lowes and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .


Think if I were to build one, I would consider using Thomson Linear
Bearings, and ball screws, Smooth movement, and no backlash.
I am sure some on that group have done just that ,especially those with
money to burn.......mjh

In article v3u%h.3949$pW5.3030@trnddc07,
"John" wrote:

Think if I were to build one, I would consider using Thomson Linear
Bearings, and ball screws, Smooth movement, and no backlash.

If you have that sort of budget, you can have one show up on a truck....

--
Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

"John" wrote in message
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"mike hide" wrote in message
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Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from
HD/Lowes and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .


Think if I were to build one, I would consider using Thomson Linear
Bearings, and ball screws, Smooth movement, and no backlash.

hey John this is binaries group why not show us some stuff you have built ,
I has to outstanding ....mjh

John wrote:
| "mike hide" wrote in message
| ...
|| Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from
|| HD/Lowes and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .
||
| Think if I were to build one, I would consider using Thomson Linear
| Bearings, and ball screws, Smooth movement, and no backlash.

Not a bad plan. I was short on project cash and decided to design and
build my own. They work fairly well at normal cutting speeds - but not
at all well at high speed. Mike's will perform better than mine, but
not as well as Thomson's.

A friend who saw my machine gifted me with a threadless lead screw
that uses Thomson's precision-ground shaft material as the
"leadscrew". It seems backlash-free and it's as frictionless as I've
seen. It's made by an outfit in Minnesota. I'll try to remember to
take a photo to post here.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

Morris Dovey wrote:

| A friend who saw my machine gifted me with a threadless lead screw
| that uses Thomson's precision-ground shaft material as the
| "leadscrew". It seems backlash-free and it's as frictionless as I've
| seen. It's made by an outfit in Minnesota. I'll try to remember to
| take a photo to post here.

Photo attached.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

If you are using stepper motors, a threadless leadscrew would not be good.
These things are designed to slip under overload. Unintentional offsets in
your cutting pattern would be a real possibility. Even if not overloaded, a
certain amount o slip would be expected. Now, if the machine slides were
equipped with linear scales providing feedback to a servo system, the
threadless leadscrew would be a viable option.

"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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Morris Dovey wrote:

| A friend who saw my machine gifted me with a threadless lead screw
| that uses Thomson's precision-ground shaft material as the
| "leadscrew". It seems backlash-free and it's as frictionless as I've
| seen. It's made by an outfit in Minnesota. I'll try to remember to
| take a photo to post here.

Photo attached.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/

Very nice. I like your home made vacuum pump too. Make sure you keep oil
in it once in a while.

mike hide wrote:
Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from HD/Lowes
and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .

Very nice. I like your home made vacuum pump too. Make sure you keep oil
in it once in a while.

mike hide wrote:
Well just finished my router made for the most part supplies from HD/Lowes
and Ebay. here ar a few quick shots .