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  1. #201
    It has been more than 1 1/2 year that i did any progress
    Many issues delay and postpone my work
    So it is time to restart
    One of the big problems that i had was the steel flatness
    I had to have them milled. i didnt have the means to do it (not a mill neather a lathe)
    After some research i enter a machinery shop. He told me "i don’t have the means to do what you want, but i know someone not professional who can do what you want"
    So i meet Kosta. A 65 years old person who is not a professional machinist. He loves machining but as he has another job, he works only Saturdays as a hobby. I cant describe what i saw. The working place was clear as a surgery. No sign of steel chip. The man is perfectionist. Everything more than 2-3/100mm is not acceptable. I think he did better job than a pro. He loves machining.
    Conclusion he help me by milling the pieces and he didn’t want to take any money
    The x axis plates where zero level on a surface grinder.
    This is the result


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    Also the Gantry plate need to be milled both sides
    As his surface grinder (500X200) wasn’t that big he work the piece on the milling machine


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    Z axis also need to be milled both sides
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    Last piece the gantry
    1180 mm long 280mm wide. Kostas didn't have such big milling table
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    So i ask a friend of mine who is wood machine constructor to mill the gantry. I went today. He had a 6000mmX1000mm planer ( i don’t know if my word is correct )
    He told me that next Thusday it will be ready. I will attach photos of the big machine
    Mean while i work on leveling the X axis. It is the point where i stop 1 1/2 year ago
    I want to avoid using epoxy. Specially now that i have the x axis plates perfectly milled so i could easier check level between rails
    Very painful job. It is very important to find the higher spot and start from that spot, else you have to go on from the beginning


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    I will keep you informed
    Thanks for your time
    Feel alive now that i restart
    Last edited by ba99297; 02-05-2016 at 05:45 AM.
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  3. #202
    Looking like a great machine, keep going and good luck !

    .Me
    .Me

  4. #203
    Loads of steel going in, nice:)

    Kostas looks like a perfectionist, hard to find in a commercial shop when time is money.

  5. #204
    Hi every body
    Wednesday morning I went to a friend of mine who is a wood processing machine constructor, one of the few that manage to survive in the Greek economic environment.

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    http://www.nikolaidismachines.com/index.php?lang=el

    Previous week I gave him my cnc gantry in order to put it in the planer (a 6 metres one), in order to mill it and make a datum surface for the the hiwin rails.

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    It is possible that the frame (1900mmX1200mm) can be handled from that planer so i have it milled for the x axis rails

    This is the Result
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    Dial indicator has been used for zeroing the piece
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    After milling the gantry I had to do the drilling and taping
    My friend in order to help put the gantry in a drilling and taping mill (the blue color machine 3-4 meters long) so that I could have the threading in a more precise way (other than drilling and taping with hand). This was one of my big nightmares ( how to drill and tap nearly 40 holes on 14mm steel).
    He took me no money for that job. I would like to thank him.
    First the machine spot the holes
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    Then Drill and tap
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    Even after milling the surface is not 100% flat against straight edge
    I wouldn’t expect zero level accuracy from a 6 meters long machine
    When i put the straight edge against the surface, i can see the light pass through but the 0,02mm filler cant pass . So we are talking aboutan error smaller than 0,02mm.
    In order to get the best result i will shim the y axis rails. I remember Deans' word many times. How right he is ? He told me " Vagelis even after epoxy method or milling, it is possible that shims will be need in some spots". I don’t want to use the epoxy method, as i think that shimming is more challenging and of course more difficult.
    I will be glad to hear every comment

    Here is a video of that day
    https://youtu.be/4VUnQhaaJIE

    Vagelis
    Last edited by ba99297; 02-05-2016 at 05:54 AM.
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  6. #205
    Some small progress
    Last days I have been working on the gantry
    As I said even if the gantry has be milled in a six meters planer, there were some small errors that could be corrected with a couple of aluminum foil.
    I don’t know if everybody who had some part milled or use the epoxy method has a true flat surface or i am the only one
    Even if the error wasn’t so big, i decided to be as accurate as i can with the means that i have (a 1200mm straight edge) and make the rail as flat as possible. I decide to use aluminum foil shims. i have one basic principle in my construction. As this is my first build i want to make secure steps with so that it won’t be needed to come back again. I think that every small error become large as the progress is going on. That is why I use shims even if i had the gantry milled. To be honest the most useful work after having the gantry milled, wasn’t the leveling process but the milling and taping process.

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    The planer mill 3mm so that there is a datum face for the master rail
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    The other rail will be adjusted for paralelsim by following the master
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    I put the rails temporary to get an idea about how it will look like
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    After shimming the master rail i tighten it to the datum face
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    Some pictures from the z axis that follows
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    Tommorrow i will start adjusting the slave rail according the master

    Vagelis
    Last edited by ba99297; 03-05-2016 at 11:10 PM.
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  7. #206
    Looking good Vagelis keep it moving along.. .

  8. #207
    Pwpw Vaggeli, I had no idea there were such factories in mainland Greece. Do you know if they recondition machines too, or just make their own?
    https://emvioeng.com
    Machine tools and 3D printing supplies. Expanding constantly.

  9. #208
    Yes there were such factories but very few.
    I think my friend should be one of the last constructor at that scale here in Macedonia-Greece who manage to survive
    As you mention they recondition second hand machines.
    The creative adult, is the child who survived

  10. #209
    Hi
    As I have told I had my gantry milled on a 6 meter planer
    The result wasn’t perfect so I had to shim the rails(at some spots) in order to be straight( no light pass) against straight edge.
    I had the last three days trying to shim the rails and I think that the result is acceptable
    After shimming I try to attach the y axis steel plate (that moves left right)
    My question is how tight should be moved. I know that the hiwin carriages have some preload in order to be more accurate.
    I made some tests
    I use a zero flat ( from surface grinder) steel plate that will be used for my x axis.
    I connect to this plate two carriages and put it on the y axis rails
    By using a kitchen scale I measure 700gr force for the plate to move
    I did the same with the y axis plate( that has been milled in a mill and it is nearly 3 times havier). It needs 2,7 kgr force to move it.
    I made a video that show the two plates
    First I move the x axis plate (that will be used in x axis), and then the y axis plate
    I would like to ask if what you see and what you hear is normal for hiwin carriages
    Also if there is any suggestion for grease for the hiwin carriages

    P.S amplify your headspeakers
    Here is the video

    https://youtu.be/yQ5P9gRsEY0


    Thanks for your time
    Vagelis
    Last edited by ba99297; 07-05-2016 at 11:02 PM.
    The creative adult, is the child who survived

  11. #210
    That sounds a little dry - do they have any grease in the carriages??

    2.7kg also sounds tight - if this is a truck on two parallel rails, i would slacken the screws on one rail, fit the carriage/plate etc and the gently tighten the screws as you slide the carriage assembly along. Also the same for the screws holding the carriages to the plate - slacken and tighten them with the assembly in position. This allows all alignment stresses to be released hopefully.

    Still sounds like it needs grease though, my HiWin stuff was very quiet.

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