village idiot builds a plasma table.........

[Lee Roberts]

Looking smart.

[warwick]

Looking smart.

thanks lee.
iv got a bit of time,so hopefully this is the last big push to getting it finished

[warwick]

only managed a few hours in the shed today...managed to mount the linear rails to the x axis gantry....lots of m5 tapping

[warwick]

iv managed to get the x axis painted..and the z axis pretty much finished. iv gone for two short lengths of 16mm linear rail and and old piece of ball screw..

[warwick]

reduction box ..

iv ordered 15mm silver steel to build the shafts,15mm pillow block bearings (look very cheap) and the t5 pulleys are coming pre bored and grub screwed, by doing this hopefully the only bit of engineering will be to bore the 24t rack gear...

[warwick]

iv managed to build the x axis reduction box today..iv mounted the stepper upside down, im not sure i really like it like this,my plan is to make a cover to hide the motors and wiring...

[1Jumper10]

Looks really good. What is your plan for tensioning your pinion gear into your gear rack?

[warwick]

Looks really good. What is your plan for tensioning your pinion gear into your gear rack?

hi, im going to use spring to hold the pinion against the rack,im using stainless steel to make the bush to pivot the reduction box (scrap prop shaft from a boat).........