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05-11-2017 #1
I'm looking for your comments please. This would be a gantry style CNC router. The Gantry is 150mm x 75mm steel rectangular tube, and the frame is 75mm x 75mm square tube. 1610 ballscrew, 20mm Hiwin HGH20 or similar.
The point of this design is to put the ballscrew directly above the linear guide, with the gantry mount sandwiched between the ball screw and linear guide carriages. I do not believe I have seen this before.
The motivations for this:
1. Ease of machining of the frame. The ballscrew mounts/motor mounts will be machined in the same plane as the linear guide rail surface. Alignment made easy.
2. An attempt to "hide" the ballscrew from inadvertent movement. This doesn't really achieve this, but it gets it away from the outside of the frame.
3. I think it looks cool.
Thanks for your comments.
Last edited by Bravin Neff; 06-11-2017 at 01:28 AM.
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05-11-2017 #2
Wobbly thin plate with no triangulation adjacent to the Ball Nut is probably the design's weakest point, to resolve this fully triangulate your vertical and move the ball screws outboard.
You think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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05-11-2017 #3
Would you hold to those comments if I told you the wobbly plate was 9mm thick and fully welded with the gantry?
Incidentally I have contemplated adding a triangulating plate to the inside, which would surround d the ballscrew, and so it would be the one item that isnt welded, but bolted.
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05-11-2017 #4You think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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05-11-2017 #5
I would. That's what it is. Do you still think it's a thin wobbly plate? Im not being combative, it's an honest Q.
Last edited by Bravin Neff; 05-11-2017 at 07:49 PM.
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05-11-2017 #6
Then it's perfect and you should build it just as you've drawn it :D
You think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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05-11-2017 #7
One of my ideas was to place the ballnut inside the box section I envisaged for the gantry foot. This would give enough depth for the screw covers to telescope within the gantry. The main advantage of placing the screw outside the footprint of the frame is to keep it away from the incredible amount of flying detritus these machines produce.
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05-11-2017 #8You think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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05-11-2017 #9
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05-11-2017 #10
Rather than looking for bellows search for "Wire Reinforced Hose" and suddenly there's a huge supply of reasonably priced material suitable for the same job.
You think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D
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