Down Sizing to 5 axis.

[Mister Mills]

A little update. Due to the whole corona thingy delivery of materials and parts have been very slow indeed. She has grown a little from what I had originally planned but it is well within the space available in the garage 1500 x 1700 including the side mounted ball screws and motors etc.. Her predecessor was way too big for practical use. I am slowly getting through my wish list.

To do for the moment:

The table bed supports have yet to be pinned together and I will do this as soon as the machine is squared.(currently 1mm off square in one direction). Dam wobbly crooked floor!!!! Water table/Coolant containment to be fitted as soon as the table is pinned and squared. I plan to sandwich the polyethylene sheeting between the table supports and the mounts for vices etc. Might be a crazy idea but I will try it none the less.

Finish off fitting both y axis ball screws/mounts and as I have only started the gantry so still a lot of work to do on that side of things. The new motors and ATC are still at least 2-3 weeks away from being delivered so plenty to do in the mean time. I will use my existing z axis for the moment and when she is cutting I will be able to machine the bigger/better z axis that i need for inclusion of the ATC.

Thats pretty much it for the moment. Lots to do!