MY 4`x 4` table

**Steve-m** · 18-09-2008

HI

had a day off so played all daythis is where I got to,

Todays deliberate mistake!!

and what a cock up it was

Steve

**Lee Roberts** · 18-09-2008

Originally Posted by Steve-m

and what a cock up it was

Steve

What you going to do just swap it for a (button-head) screw?

If you need any let me know via PM ill sort you out what you need, i'v got most lenths/sizes, stainless, zinc, black.

If you give me the size's also, how much "head" room have you got?

**Steve-m** · 18-09-2008

Originally Posted by Lee Roberts

What you going to do just swap it for a button-head screw

Hi Lee

If you look at the second to last pic you will see I solved it by milling counterbores into the rack, I was going to put button heads in it but decided to counter bore instead

Steve

**Steve-m** · 23-09-2008

Hi All

decision made!! There is no going back now "Z" finished apart from a small second floating "Z" to get hight, I have drilled and tapped botom of "Dropper" plate to take a tool holder so I can use table as a router as well by sliding second "Z" up and bolting tool holder on.

Steve

**Lee Roberts** · 18-09-2008

AMEN! to the Counterbores, i got that one you showed me on the bay cant waiti to try it out!

**Steve-m** · 19-09-2008

Had some more spare time today so I hacked a torch mount out of a chunk of solid Aluminium, It made me realise that I will have to make a 300mm dropper plate, any how heres the pics

and just to show the torch fits I tried that in as well

**Lee Roberts** · 19-09-2008

Hi steve, looking good mate !

Yea all the machines i'v looked at have got a plate that your talking about for the spindle mount to then fix to. Looks nice tho mate nice one, i managed to get a some more done on my rockcliff tonight will post up the bits later.

Them flanged bronze (?) drive nuts you have used, where did you get them from? also did you say they are just droped in once the ali block has been heated up ?

**Steve-m** · 19-09-2008

Originally Posted by Lee Roberts

Hi steve, looking good mate !

Yea all the machines i'v looked at have got a plate that your talking about for the spindle mount to then fix to. Looks nice tho mate nice one, i managed to get a some more done on my rockcliff tonight will post up the bits later.

Them flanged bronze (?) drive nuts you have used, where did you get them from? also did you say they are just droped in once the ali block has been heated up ?

Hi Lee

Im starting to get real fed up with tapping holes though, that seems to take for ever by hand, I could use the drill but I dont like doing that.

not quite.... I bought the wrong nut from Merchant Dice, I machined it down to 20mm od and cut the top hat part off so it was just a round bit about 25mm long with a thread down the middle, then I bored the ali block on the miller to fit........nearly

have got a piece of ally on its way from ebay 100mm wide, 10mm thick and 300mm long, £10 not bad.

need 2 more steppers but they will have to wait a week or so, "ER" is starting to moan

Send me a link to your rockcliff please,

Steve

**Lee Roberts** · 02-10-2008

Looking good mate !

**Robin Hewitt** · 02-10-2008

A floating z axis, so you're going to use the 3 ball arrangement to set the torch height. It does sound heaps easier than faffing about measuring the volts. This could be up and running PDQ.

Looking good. We'll need a movie when you get it cutting :D