StrikeCNC Machine - My Retrofit

[Shinobiwan]

All done!



Stiffening up the Y axis rails. 25mm Alu plate bolted into the extruded alu that the hiwin profile rails mount into. Also some 100x50x6mm L section to help keep the rubbish off the rails. Loads more rigidity after this.


Its got a decently braced bed on there now. The original was pathetic.


Touch probe for setting work piece height.


Fixed probe plate for semi auto tool changes(using Mach 2010 screenset and macros)


Inductive proximity home/limit switches including dual ones to auto square the gantry each time you home.


The base of the cabinet was a big waste of space so a couple of doors have gone on there along with a floor and it now stores 4x4ft sheet materials along with the pump and reservoir for the spindle.



Dust extraction has been plumbed in too. Need to make a dust shoe of course but that'll be the first useful part I'll cut.


Shuttle Jog pad. Lots of fine control and all the buttons are fully programmable from within Mach. You can even assign macro's to buttons which pretty much means unless your doing something out of the ordinary then you can control mach completely from the shuttle.