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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan View Post
    Good start - almost getting jealous!

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like you're leaving the back of the Z column open, so it's a C-shape section not a box? If so then you should defiantly put another plate on the back, as the torsional stiffness of a C-section is very low compared to a box. That's one of the big advantages of putting the ballscrew on the front of the column, not inside - you can have a closed section.
    Dito!, Jonathan if he was to close the back up and opt for a box, would it be of worth while benefit to also add some ribs inside the box, I was thinking towards cantilever, an X in a square, the through sections on each plate would also allow then for the filling of the column?

    Quote Originally Posted by totts View Post
    I have a nice solid slab of aluminium as shown in the drawing, about 500mm x700mm by 76mm thick so i hope this will be solid enough.

    I was going to fit some of the electronics into the colomn but i am now going to make a stand to house the spindle cooler, electronics, pc and coolant pump, so will probably think about filling the column with something after the z stepper and y stepper is mounted so i know where to fill.

    Trouble is the cost keeps mounting up :( best not to take note and hide the reciepts from the missus hahah
    Sounds like it would be.

    I think its fair to say that making it a box and filling it would be of more benefit to the machine.

    Hehe, what's new .

    .Me
    Last edited by Lee Roberts; 26-06-2014 at 01:49 PM.
    .Me

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