AndyUK's Build - 1.2x1.0m Gantry

[AndyUK]

Robertspark's UCCNC Macros, Screenset and MODBUS manual is also a very helpful reference. See attached. Not only does it highlight all the inbuilt macro functions, but also has tables at the end listing the inbuilt function codes and LED codes.

[AndyUK]

I take your point about the chinesuim (lovely word by the way. I'm rather proud of having invented the word 'polycrapoline' to describe the cracked-within-weeks material used in some HV breakers I had the misfortune to work on many years back).

Chinesium is one of many AvEisms - search AvE on youtube, you're in for a treat. I suggest starting with some of the BOLTR (Bored of lame tool reviews) which are extremely informative teardowns and tests of various powertools. He is a bit of an interesting character, but well worth watching. And of course ThisOldTony needs a mention - especially his CNC build videos.

It's for each of us to decide the level of risk we are willing to accept in our home workshop.

I totally agree, and please don't take my words as any endorsement or critique; merely just my rambling commentary on which failure modes I think your suggestion protects from and those it doesn't.

[Kitwn]

Had a quick look at AvE. One to listen to while I'm doing something else. I watched a few ThisOldTony videos ages ago and had forgotten about him. I hope he doesn't read this and take it personally! My favourite YouTuber is Sped Spedding. I don't think he knows anything about CNC but he sure can play a guitar like ringin' a bell!

Kit

[AndyUK]

My wife and I had our first child over the summer, so haven't had an awful lot of time in the garage....! But I have managed to apply the inlay technique to build a set of toy blocks for her to play with. The faces you can't see spell out her name, and my wife picked out a number of shapes that mean things to us - there's at least two of everything so she can play match the shape too!

Hope everyone is doing well,
Andy

[JAZZCNC]

Congrats on the baby and those cubes look excellent...

[CharlieRam]

They look really good

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[Nickhofen]

Awesome inlay work,I hope to use that technique on my guitar building projects.
Congratulations for the new family member!!!

[Kitwn]

Love the blocks! You can never start too early in developing a mature, discriminating aesthetic sense in the young.

[AndyUK]

Evening Folks.

One of my original aims for this machine had been to help with the other half's glass work. We've made jigs, and aluminium bead making tools, but until now haven't touched glass itself.

I kinda expected to need a water cooling trough, and to use a diamond burr to grind the glass away. Recently though, we stumbled on some people using a scoring wheel without any of that faff and thought we'd give it a try. Wheel cost us a couple of quid and is a drag style.

I first probed the surface because it's not spring loaded yet, so you'll hear the machine doing some funky Z adjustments as it goes.








Anyhow, she's delighted with the results, mainly because the CNC maintains a perfect perpendicular to the score line, so the pieces break out really nicely in comparison to amateurs cutting manually!!

Here's our first test piece where we cut a large hexagon and lots of small diamonds before a brief trip to the kiln:



All float glass so far, we'll start using the good quality stuff next for a real project :)

[MikeyC38]

Hi Andy
Amazing use for your cnc router - never thought about cutting plate glass using CNC. I have a big slab of 10mm float glass that I use for tramming the spindle on my machine because it is relatively flat. My machine is currently in its transport cradle since December 2021 when I moved house. Getting the garage sorted out now and just need 4 burly guys to help me lift it into position...