Beavermill conversion to CNC

[Andre]

I'm glad you find it useful chris .That is why we do it .
In the past I have often made use of forums for my projects and am happy to give something back now I am working on a project.
Thanks for the feedback chris.

[Tom]

I'm glad you find it useful chris .That is why we do it .
In the past I have often made use of forums for my projects and am happy to give something back now I am working on a project.
Thanks for the feedback chris.

I definitely agree with this sentiment. :clap:

I found a nice link about how to make a leadscrew cover yourself .
www.ixen-cnc.com

Andre, I made one of those covers for my mini-lathe once. In the end I didn't use it, but it was a very interesting excercise in origami! Definitely try with paper first! It was tricky!
I used some plastic from a craft shop (about the thickness of the thickest plastic wallets you can buy from the stationary shop). For your big machine you would need something thicker, but be careful that it will not crack while flexing.

I am just thinking out loud - you could also cut the flat areas from thin metal, and use thin neoprene, or canvas for the hinges.

[Lee Roberts]

I am just thinking out loud - you could also cut the flat areas from thin metal, and use thin neoprene, or canvas for the hinges.

I have looked into this as well Tom, liking the idea of thin metal for the flat areas, what about some sort of sticky tape or sticky cloth tape to make the hinges and join it all togther ?

[dickieto]

hello andre
just a note to thank you for such a detailed build thread:clap::clap::clap:
as i am just an agricultural engineer, could you tell me more about "scraping" is it to take high spots of of surface if so how do you find them engineer blue?
i am facinated at the work you have put into your mill and i would love the knowledge you have.
I'll just keep repairing tractors with my big hammer:heehee:
Tom

[ptjw7uk]

Scraping is used to get any surface flat using engineers blue and an other flat surface, the one you scrape will end up as good as the flat you use.
Hand scraped surface plates are made in 3's, done in a round robin mode which is reputed to give the flattest plate available but at a very high cost!

Peter