fresh start 8x4 build

[reefy86]

thanks boyan, from spindle nose to x axis is 151mm, d4 as you describe is 215mm.

Ash

[reefy86]

im hoping im slightly correct but are these images right?

[Boyan Silyavski]

Hi, just answered your PM but could not upload pictures there. Just saw what you have posted as images .


In short - NO. Dont despair, but this is not right. You will figure it out :-).

Lets see:





This is how its the right way:






Look at the ideal/ my machine is on the extreme side so not necessary so much / but hence is nice for illustration:





Also this is the correct way, i would say the perfect way for the Z plate, so its naturally reinforced by the rails and the plates at the back and




And finally, design so much travel and space brackets so that at lowest position of Z axis the spindle still reinforces the Z plate. Ignore that the spindle is small , because its small one 0.8kw and Z axis real travel is 180mm . NOrmal 2.2kw or 3kw spindle is much longer. This just to illustrate eventual max. Position: