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    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.

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    They are now painted.
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    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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