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  1. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by m.i.k.e View Post
    Hi all, here is the new design and I hope I have understood all the recommendations you advised. I don't want to start a build log until I at least have a clear plan.
    No start one straight away. It's the best way then all your thoughts and questions are answered in one place rather than being scattered around the forum.
    This is better for you and others following the thread because it can take several months or years for some people and you can easily go back and find info from months ago.
    -use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.

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  3. #12
    Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
    I see a classic mistake often made.!!. . . I will give you a clue but won't tell you what it is yet as a bit of fun test...Lol. . . . . If you don't see it then shout up but I think it will be obvious if you look carefully.!

    "Fastenings" is the Clue.??
    One of the reasons for mocking up the design in cheap MDF or plywood before marring the pristine beauty of your expensive aluminium plate.
    An optimist says the glass is half full, a pessimist says the glass is half empty, an engineer says you're using the wrong sized glass.

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  5. #13
    Quote Originally Posted by Kitwn View Post
    One of the reasons for mocking up the design in cheap MDF or plywood before marring the pristine beauty of your expensive aluminum plate.
    Sounds like a good plan ��

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
    No start one straight away. It's the best way then all your thoughts and questions are answered in one place rather than being scattered around the forum.
    This is better for you and others following the thread because it can take several months or years for some people and you can easily go back and find info from months ago.
    Will do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
    I see a classic mistake often made.!!. . . I will give you a clue but won't tell you what it is yet as a bit of fun test...Lol. . . . . If you don't see it then shout up but I think it will be obvious if you look carefully.!

    "Fastenings" is the Clue.??
    hi JAZZCNC, Is this the problem? bolting the Z bearing spacing block.

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  8. #16
    Quote Originally Posted by m.i.k.e View Post
    hi JAZZCNC, Is this the problem? bolting the Z bearing spacing block.
    No but your thinking along the right lines just in wrong place.?
    -use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.

    Email: [email protected]

    Web site: www.jazzcnc.co.uk

  9. #17
    Quote Originally Posted by JAZZCNC View Post
    No but your thinking along the right lines just in wrong place.?
    Put him out of his misery
    ..Clive
    The more you know, The better you know, How little you know

  10. #18
    Quote Originally Posted by Clive S View Post
    Put him out of his misery
    Nah I've got faith in him, he'll figure it out I'm sure and will feel better for it, plus I'm in whind up mood...
    -use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.

    Email: [email protected]

    Web site: www.jazzcnc.co.uk

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    I don't like this game �� ��

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    Quote Originally Posted by m.i.k.e View Post
    I don't like this game �� ��

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    Bingo.!!! . . . . But don't worry It's an easy fix and actually makes setup easier. You want another plate, basically, you make the gantry as two separate pieces. The bearing plate with ball-nut mount as one fixture and then have a separate plate on the gantry which bolts into the bearing plate. You will need to make the plates slightly wider than the gantry so can bolt them together.
    The advantage of this setup is you can easily adjust the gantry square by losing the plates and it doesn't affect the ballscrews. The way you have it now if you needed to adjust the gantry square to the rails, which you 99.99% would need to do then any adjustment would have put twist on the ball-screws causing them to bhind.!
    -use common sense, if you lack it, there is no software to help that.

    Email: [email protected]

    Web site: www.jazzcnc.co.uk

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