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17-05-2012 #1
Saw this posted on Hackaday, thought it worth mentioning here...
Self Replicating Milling Machine
Not sure I'm qualified to have any sort of opinion but workpiece access is a bit restricted, and I can imagine any flex or vibration having odd effects due to the structure.
- Dave
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17-05-2012 #2
If using the X2 mill head and column why not use the whole thing? I don't like the idea of using the rack and pinion for the Z. It must give no end of problems with the backlash.
Russell
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01-03-2014 #3
Looking back at this and reading the blog -
"This chatter eventually became so serious that some screws which I had failed to tighten fully began to back themselves out."
:-O
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01-03-2014 #4
I don't get the "self replicate" bit. Not the spindle - not the slides nor the carriages. Not the racks - not the screws - not even the square bar - not the sweet FA apart from maybe the odd bracket.
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01-03-2014 #5
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