Joe's 1000x600x200 steel and aluminium router started

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Finished the Z back plate so have now assembled the Z. Everything fits perfectly. All 4 long edges of the large front and back plates were milled in a single fixture so these will all be reference edges for aligning the rails and also tramming the Z on the gantry.



Pockets for the ballscrew mounts, these weren't perfect were supposed to be 1mm deep, infact 1.28mm so will need a thin shim between front plate and ball nut holder. TBH ballnut holder is not a precision item, rather it is a cast lump, so probably would have needed shimming anyway.






I'm now waiting on the extrusion to arrive for the gantry as I need this to measure off for the Y bearing plates, gantry end plates, etc. Hopefully should be here early next week.