r8rphan
Well-Known Member
So I've started on and been busy building my CNC Table...
The wooden base table and wooden gantry transitions are 'mock-ups' that will later be replaced with parts made from aluminum (gantry transitions), and welded steel (base table structure)... It will have slide in material bases that are also of welded steel, one to hold the MDF sacrifice board for routing, and another to hold the steel slats for Plasma.. will probably build an additional slide in bed that will be a vacuum hold down for routing smaller stuff...
A water tray will be built underneath for catching hot slag during plasma cutting, with a storage shelf under that...
Once the mock up is done and the top end operating, I will use it in it's current location to mill the aluminum for the gantry transitions while the steel table is being built out in the shop, where it will find a permanent home until I can build a dedicated building for it... (probably along side a dedicated brew shed..:rockin
It's a lot of work, but I'm really excited and can't wait to see it come alive.... (It's not cheap either)
The wooden base table and wooden gantry transitions are 'mock-ups' that will later be replaced with parts made from aluminum (gantry transitions), and welded steel (base table structure)... It will have slide in material bases that are also of welded steel, one to hold the MDF sacrifice board for routing, and another to hold the steel slats for Plasma.. will probably build an additional slide in bed that will be a vacuum hold down for routing smaller stuff...
A water tray will be built underneath for catching hot slag during plasma cutting, with a storage shelf under that...
Once the mock up is done and the top end operating, I will use it in it's current location to mill the aluminum for the gantry transitions while the steel table is being built out in the shop, where it will find a permanent home until I can build a dedicated building for it... (probably along side a dedicated brew shed..:rockin
It's a lot of work, but I'm really excited and can't wait to see it come alive.... (It's not cheap either)