El Beast - Initial design phase, comments and critique welcomed!

[Zeeflyboy]

I added my vote and a new comment to do my bit ;)

Got the back plate for the Z-axis machined out today.

Most of the top side done, including second fixture work




Side clamps removed and attacking it with my big 10mm roughing bit (10mm Depth of cut, 1mm axial engagement, 9,600rpm, 2000mm/min)




Top side machining done:




Again used dowels here to locate and align the work for the back side. 6mm roughing bit here hogging out the centre channel (7mm DoC, 1mm axial, 10,000rpm, 1500mm/min) followed by some tidying up and a final contour with a 3mm to get a tighter radius in the corners



Finished with some chamfers




Still need to make a jig to drill the top and bottom to attach the end plates, but here's a quick semi-assembled pic: