Luke11CNC Build Log ,I'm so naïve

[luke11cnc]

ok a up date
after prizing my son out of bed and then 10 min's later off his computer we made some progress
and did some work in the garage on the CNC machine

and here is the images of today's progress on the x-axis

we first (me) with the aid of pritt stick glued the printed templates to the 75x75 angle and then centre punched it, as image 1



after centre punch the template was removed and we then drill the angle out with a 6.8mm drill as in this next image and yes that is the young man that is building the CNC machine.



after we drilled the holes (long, long time and lots of oil)

we bolted the bearings to the angle as in this next image



after some choice words we finished and he went back to his computer, great I can get some work done (bless him, dad your drill is much better than the drill at school it would take hours to drill one hole, and we did 16 in 11/29 poor me)

But it was worth it just to see a smile on his little face

any way sitting down and having a coffee i thought how am I going to get two rail square?

this is what I came up with



and after some playing around with G clamps and guide it all worked out fine, smooth movement with NO binding



looking good



WHAT DO WE DO NEXT :question::question::question::question::question: :question::question:

I have one ball screw and the other one is on it's way and Jonathan has cut the support for them both

James and Luke the short one but never ever tell him please

[Jonathan]

looking good

Just what I was thinking :)

WHAT DO WE DO NEXT :question::question::question::question::question: :question::question:

Er...rest of the gantry? No idea really, I just did it in any order - gantry first and then the bed etc, but only due to space and it being the most interesting bit! I would get the ballscrews mounted before fixing the rails to make sure they don't cause binding.

I hate to mention 'health and safety', but I've often heard that you shouldn't wear a glove (or any loose clothing) whilst using a pillar drill as what if the glove gets caught on the chuck ... ouch