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

[Zeeflyboy]

Very sorry guys!

I am in fact still alive... I've been busy with family life as my son is currently of the age where my attention is constantly desired. I can usually set foot in the man cave for only a few minutes before the little man comes along and asks what I'm doing! I also had some other higher priority projects and house DIY that have demanded the CNC went on the back burner.

I am however hoping to get back to it to some extent this summer, I have the finished Z-axis out on show staring me in the face every time I go in the man cave so it reminds me that I need to get started again so that I can put the bugger to work!

The fly in the ointment now is that I'm currently furloughed (and the company is facing large scale redundancies that I don't know whether I'll be impacted by or not)... so ironically now I have somewhat more time due to a big financial hit over the least couple of months and the prospect of further hits I don't have the ability to spend as recklessly as before on non-essentials until I know with a little more certainty what the future holds. The good news is that I certainly have most of what I need to continue to make progress without spending too much, just need a really good chunk of time free of distraction to organise everything, re-align the CNC after the enclosure build and get a plan together.

Actually I don't think I posted anything about the enclosure... I'll pop a pic up once I've had a chance to clear the mess from the few little projects the CNC has been working on.

[routercnc]

Good to have you back !

I hear what you are saying about family, finance and furlough. Some things just take priority- what you must do over what you would like to do.

By the way your 3D printed rail guides on my Z axis are still holding up despite being right next to the cutter and being covered in WD40 and chips!

Would welcome updates on your progress when ready . . .