Ready Steady Eddy

[EddyCurrent]

I was forced to cut something today !

Small Aztec Calendar, http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/worksh...html#post53632

Using cutter shown which was best I currently had, machine bed consisting of one piece of 18mm plywood held with one clamp to frame, mdf workpiece held with double sided tape.
So rather crappy but it works

According to Mach3 it took 55.35 minutes to cut (if that's what you can call it)



Ambient in the shed was 21 degC and throughout the cutting the panel cooling fans kept things to 25 degC with ease. I have them set to come on at 27 degC and off at 25 degC

[Clive S]

It's nice when you cut one of those for the first time. Where did you get your dxf from I think I had trouble with mine getting the full size without doing a lot of editing. ..Clive

[EddyCurrent]

It's nice when you cut one of those for the first time. Where did you get your dxf from I think I had trouble with mine getting the full size without doing a lot of editing. ..Clive

It's in the link I put there http://www.mycncuk.com/forums/worksh...html#post53632
It's one Dean made smaller I think, it's not the great big version, it needs renaming to .ncc instead of the .cnc

[GEOFFREY]

Great stuff Eddy, well done, now youcan start to think about cutting something intricate!!! G.

[EddyCurrent]

Thanks, for a start I'll need to get some small ball nose cutters, it's something I've never needed to use in the past.

[m.marino]

Looking wonderful and very professional. Very well done. One question though (ducking behind the wall) where's the lube blocks???

Just being cheeky as you have done a very very good job and I am in the process of getting my control box anywhere near the well laid out set up you have done. -Michael

[EddyCurrent]

Looking wonderful and very professional. Very well done. One question though (ducking behind the wall) where's the lube blocks???

Just being cheeky as you have done a very very good job and I am in the process of getting my control box anywhere near the well laid out set up you have done. -Michael

Michael, thanks for the positive comments but sorry I can't figure out what you mean by "lube blocks", please elaborate.

[ba99297]

Eddy i am not professional but i want to say that your job looks grate. I don’t know if there are mistakes but for sure there is much good mood. One more time congratulations for your job. I manage that soon i will start mine cnc router.....

[EddyCurrent]

Eddy i am not professional but i want to say that your job looks grate. I don’t know if there are mistakes but for sure there is much good mood. One more time congratulations for your job. I manage that soon i will start mine cnc router.....

Vagelis, thank you for your thoughts it's much appreciated, I will keep watching your build log.

I still have the bed to finish but I've ordered a sheet of 18mm birch plywood today and I will be bolting one half to the steel frame, give it a skim with the router to get it flat, then screw the other half on top and give it a final small skim. As I intend cutting wood that will be fine but if aluminium needs cut I'll have to mount it in a shallow pan to catch the cutting fluid.

[m.marino]

Eddy,

Lube points for bearing surfaces. When they are brought to a common point for charging it is called a lube block as it is either a single pump point with a multiport outlet or it is a bunch of singles that are bolted together to make a block that is mounted to the machine. I hope that makes sense used to install them all the time on machines to be able to lube a area within the machine without having to tear part of it apart. -Michael