Rails and Angle - Going out of my mind

[martin54]

Neal, I would seriously think about putting up a design for the machine you are building or starting a build log, you could save yourself wasting money, time & effort which if you are on a tight budget is going to be of real value.

I already have a couple of reservations from what you have said, not sure that 3/4 ally angle is wide enough for use with skate bearings ( I assume that's what your using) secondly what gauge is it as 1/16 won't be suitable.

What sort of router do you intend using & how are you going to control the spindle speed which you will need to do for cutting acrylic.

[Nealieboyee]

Neal, I would seriously think about putting up a design for the machine you are building or starting a build log, you could save yourself wasting money, time & effort which if you are on a tight budget is going to be of real value.

I already have a couple of reservations from what you have said, not sure that 3/4 ally angle is wide enough for use with skate bearings ( I assume that's what your using) secondly what gauge is it as 1/16 won't be suitable.

What sort of router do you intend using & how are you going to control the spindle speed which you will need to do for cutting acrylic.

Hi martin,
I think you're right. Better to give you guys the whole scope of the build instead of little bits and pieces. I had a fixed plan in my head, but everytime I look at somebody's build log, I change little things here and there.

I have 1/8" thickness aluminium angle mate. I bought a router recently for trimming parts to size and making grooves, but I didn't think It would be good for a cnc router. Its a bosch POF 1200AE as in the pic below. I'll probably be going for a dewalt palm router and build a motor control circuit to vary the speed.



Is the angle still going to be too thin at 1/8", because if it is then I'm definitely going for 1" steel pipe instead.