machine for wood only

**komatias** · 27-04-2015

Jazz said it all really.

I would however suggest that buying a cheap Chinese 6040 with the watercooled spindle would be preferable to building from scratch. Will get you up and running and you can always improve it as you go along.

**feetsy** · 27-04-2015

so decided im going to go with extruded aluminium frame. This is a mates machine he built but he works all the time and lives a good bit away. He is willing to help me make parts and stuff so just need to read a bit more on motors and stuff the goint to built a machine 1meter by half meter wide.

**JAZZCNC** · 27-04-2015

Originally Posted by feetsy

so decided im going to go with extruded aluminium frame. This is a mates machine he built but he works all the time and lives a good bit away. He is willing to help me make parts and stuff so just need to read a bit more on motors and stuff the goint to built a machine 1meter by half meter wide.

Don't believe a word the lieing Welsh scally tells you I built that for Ian many moons ago out of my scrap bits.!! . . . . And tell him it's been too bloody long since since we spoke. .. Lol

PM me your email address and i'll show you a much updated version that will make Ian drool.!!.. . . Lol

**feetsy** · 27-04-2015

ian isn't welsh jazzcnc hes from bangor northern Ireland but he did go to England to have it machined to level it or make it flat or sopmthing like that lol email address is sent in pm

**Clive S** · 27-04-2015

I would take your email address down as you are open to the spammers or put some spaces and (dot) or (and) Clive

**JAZZCNC** · 27-04-2015

Originally Posted by feetsy

ian isn't welsh jazzcnc hes from bangor northern Ireland but he did go to England to have it machined to level it or make it flat or sopmthing like that lol email address is sent in pm

Ask him and I think you'll find he is from Welsh stock. He came to England to visit family and Pick the machine up from me. I built all of it lock stock n barrel in Sunny Yorkshire, England.!!. . . . Ian built the control box and did the wiring.

**feetsy** · 27-04-2015

ian bell you call him

**JAZZCNC** · 27-04-2015

Originally Posted by feetsy

ian bell you call him

Yes Ian Bell trust me Buddy I built that machine all of it. . . . . Check this out.!!! (HemsworthLad is me.!!)
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/cnc-wo...ee-beasty.html

I even have the offcut from the Gantry extrusion still kicking around.!

The X & Y are belt driven with long axis belts being under the bed with 2 belts running down each side with pulleys on bars at each end. There's a single motor connecting to one of the rods thru a reduction system with I think 6:1 ratio.
I orginally built it with a 3:1 reduction but it was too fast so decided to increase resolution, as you'll see if you look at the aluminium pulley on the Y axis and compare with pics on cnczone which is steel.! . . The little Bugger still goes like the clappers.
This was the last belt drive machine I built. Now all machines use ballscrews from china as there's very little price difference.

With just one belt so going slow.!!