hi all

[STEVEYG]

Hi t everyone. I'm a mechanic by trade i've been watching this site for a considerably time now and thought it was time to join. I've just bought a 2nd hand surface table and its my intention to build a cnc router on it.

[motoxy]

Hi Steve. That should make a nice base. Welcome to nice place.

[wilfy]

hi steve welcome to the mad house... i dont know much if anything about cnc and i certainly dont know what a surface table is so any pics/explanations would be great. :D

[Jonathan]

Location: Leicester, someone near me then...


i certainly dont know what a surface table is so any pics/explanations would be great. :D

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_plate)

[STEVEYG]

Its a big lump of cast iron the table top dimensions are 6 feet x 3 feet i intend to use it in a landscape manner using 2 i beams extending over the 3 foot direction by about 18 inchs or so the idea being that it would make it an easier way to add a fourth axis. I've started drawing it up in sketchup after reading about sketchup on this forum. No doubt i'll have a lot of questions to ask and hopefully get answered later on.