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02-06-2020 #11
Made the motor mounts today, 3mm steel cut from some scrap box section. I used a cheap screwfix holesaw, wasn't at all convinced it would work. Lots of cutting fluid and smoked like crazy but delivered a very clean hole, cutter seems like new still. Just cleaned them up on the linisher and ripped the end of my finger nail off, very messy.
They are now painted.
For the machine bed I got a few quotes for 30mm HDPE, various Phenolic paper boards, etc, all around £300. I called Smiths for a quote on 1300x880x20mm aluminium plate, quote was £274, then they found a pre-cut piece 1500x990x20 which I can have for the same price. Seems a no-brainer so am picking it up tomorrow.
I will get a 1200x600 piece of phenolic for the spoil boards, these are a standard size and just right for my machine and readily available from electrical wholesalers.Last edited by devmonkey; 02-06-2020 at 05:12 PM.
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