AndyUK's Build - 1.2x1.0m Gantry

[AndyUK]

Heya All,

Promised an update, so here we go!

Wiring is in progress in the living room - oh my life there are a lot of wires on these things. Trying to keep it as neat as possible, but certainly not an easy task. Slightly concerned about how close the UC300eth is to the VFD; but it leaves room for a mini ITX sized PC in the future if I want to move in that direction, or a fifth motor driver for a forth axis.



I've also been designing my gland plate - the plan is to have it detachable from the inside (as well as the outside) so the plate can be taken out with the entire electronics panel for reworking in the future if required. To do that, my plan is to put a stainless steel plate on top of the current gland plate. Apparently I took the layout photo the opposite way around though!





In other news, my X Axis ballscrews are on and connected - the aluminium stand-offs for the ballscrew mounts are temporary, but they are the correct thickness. There's a certain aspect of 'I'll make that better later once its working' going on here... ;)





I've also ordered an aluminium block to try out water-cooling those motors inside the frame. Hopefully it should fit right in, and do the job nicely - but we shall see. My next job on the mechanicals is to make the X axis motor mounts, but that needs another day on the old bridgeport.