My 1st Hybrid Steel/Ally (1150 x 850 work area) (comments/advice please)

[Boyan Silyavski]

With regard to aluminium, I thought I might do some cutting of this myself but when you consider the requirements for lubrication/coolant, a wood cutting router just does not have the appropriate bed arrangement.
You might want to think about that in your design before starting the build i.e. an aluminium T slot bed might be a better alternative.

One of the best ways to cut aluminum is to use old fridge compressor that blows cheap airbrush that spays mist of alcohol at the cutter. The mist evaporates instantly and leaves everything dry and cool. So coolant is not a problem.

[lebies]

One of the best ways to cut aluminum is to use old fridge compressor that blows cheap airbrush that spays mist of alcohol at the cutter. The mist evaporates instantly and leaves everything dry and cool. So coolant is not a problem.

Cool (no pun intended) idea :) ...

After all your initial input (for which I'm very grateful thanks), here's take 2:

- Z-Axis travel now 100mm (all dims +-)
- Y & Z axis now welded plate (mainly 5mm with 8mm spindle mount plate.
- Used 100x50x4 to mount X and Y-axis rails onto
- Widened guide rail blocks all-round

A pic paints a 1000 words ... so here ya go (2ns is just the Y-bed detail construction):



As always, your feedback valued :)...