Mike

John, half inch fender washers chucked in a drill press and a file would quickly give you metal washers the diameter you needed.

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harrysin

Don't you worry Glenmore, now that John has overcome his initial shyness there will be plenty of pictures.
John, words aren't adequate to describe your progress on this project, I doubt that there are too many hobbyists out there capable of undertaking such an enormous task.

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Hi John,

I have to agree with Harry, this is a huge project and it seems to be coming along very nicely.

Keep it going, it's looking good.

Ed......:-)

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I have been around in the shop a bit and did manage to get some work done, or should I say "fun done"

The pictures are pretty self explantory, but I must say it took some sdjustments to get everything to move smoothly, and like the person I am I made a couple of (I like to call them) "minor miscalculations", heck lets be honest,,,, I screwed up a couple of times and caused me time to fix the "minor miscalculation".

All said and done I do have a much bettert grip on the workings,,,,,,,,, "minor miscalculations" have a way of teaching you this.

I will be starting the mobile control unit housing the computer and monitor. We can not run it off our network as all computers are Macs and the firewall and archives are using Linux. The programs we chose need a windows based computer.
This is why the mobile controller, with everything at hand.

A point of interest, I purchased the lovejoy connectors in two countries, Canada and the USA. As the photo shows the the connector on the left is from the USA, the two on the right are from a Candain company. I had to drill and tap the two I bought in Canada and the one from Econo had theirs already tapped.

Just an update and hope this finds everyone well.

John

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DougO

Looks like you are about ready to start cutting John. The fun is about to begin. What size/type motors are you using?

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harrysin

John, each stage of the construction amazes me more than the previous stage. The text is a great improvement. One thing puzzles me, why has the X bearing got Y's on it! What do you propose to do with the machine when it's up and going, it's size suggests it's more than just a hobby machine.

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Hi Doug, we are planning on a kit from http://www.hobbycnc.com/products/hob...oard-packages/ We were looking at the pro package and the 305 oz motors. Any suggestions? I still have the control center to build but that is a weekends work. The motor and drivers are still waiting to be done, we still have not ordered. Our next purchase, coming soon. We do have the computer and monitor. Our last purchase will be the software required. Then we are a "lift off"....

Hi Harry, I looked at the photos and was wondering, hum,, I may be missing something. I did a few photos to show the breakdow of parts a little more clearly. I am just glad they did not use any more letters of the alphabet, 3 has been confusing enough for me. I hope the photos correct any errors I may have made.

The original use of the unit was inlay work, (a simple machine low cost) well now it seems we have gotten carried away. I may like to build another thickness sander with the ideas I mentioned in the sander build. Then cut out kits for the sander (one idea) I will still be doing the inlay work we originally planned, and now cut the boxes as well with the CNC. I have made several boxes (specialty) with inlay and all of it done by hand (too slow). Scott and I may cut the CNC tables (they are open source) for any local people. To be honest the more I think about the machine the more ideas that come to mind, I guess within the machines perminiters it is unlimited.

You guys have a great day and a better tomorrow.

John

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Glenmore

How did I miss this. Sorry John all I can say is wow really a great job. Hope the next pics are of you doing some routing with it. Really nice.

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Hamlin

Hi John,

I agree with everyone else. You've done a marvelous job. Keep up the good work.

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Hi guys

keeping up to you guys is almost a full time job.

Have a great evening, I'm off to bed 4:30 am comes too soon, then off to work.

Thanks
John

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