New member with a new 8020 design

[routercnc]

Hi cncgreg,

Welcome to the forum! Interesting post, need a bit of time to visualise all the aspects of this design. Do you have any isometric dwgs (i.e. from an angle).

Couple of comments:
The y axis looks like it has an unsupported overhang, is this part of the requirements?
The cutting table also has an overhang, with a bracing piece. Can this support be improved?
Can the supports basically all be moved out to support at the ends?
Are those bracing wire cables or solid thin bars?
The gantry looks a bit small in section compared to the large offset down to the cutting area. You might want to upgrade this part. In fact the more I look at that aspect, the more I think it might be the limiting factor in this machine.

Looks a bit like Florin's design (search for his recent build posts), although compacted down in one axis. Maybe have a look at his design before cutting any bits out?

Good stuff anyway and wish you well with it . . .

[cncgreg]

Hi cncgreg,

Welcome to the forum! Interesting post, need a bit of time to visualise all the aspects of this design. Do you have any isometric dwgs (i.e. from an angle).

Couple of comments:
The y axis looks like it has an unsupported overhang, is this part of the requirements?
The cutting table also has an overhang, with a bracing piece. Can this support be improved?
Can the supports basically all be moved out to support at the ends?
Are those bracing wire cables or solid thin bars?
The gantry looks a bit small in section compared to the large offset down to the cutting area. You might want to upgrade this part. In fact the more I look at that aspect, the more I think it might be the limiting factor in this machine.

Looks a bit like Florin's design (search for his recent build posts), although compacted down in one axis. Maybe have a look at his design before cutting any bits out?

Good stuff anyway and wish you well with it . . .

the x and y asiz are swaped teh y is actuall the longer axis. the cantilever was design in to allow access to the cutting head for bit changes etc. teh reason is that with teh x axiis over the work area it limits the access to the router motor itself. with a short cantilever some of that acess can be recovered. no one has commented about indexing a full sheet of ply using the removable out tables?