First Build 5 x 12 Steel Frame CNC router

[Scott Damman]

Ouch.!! . . . Bad luck. That's difference between Servo and steppers. They take no prisoners! . . . Stepper would have stalled before bending that bracket or possibly ripping the bearing end cap apart.!

1st Choice is no brainer new Hi-win rails.

2nd Choice new Hi-win Rails

3nd Short term Choice fill with Metal Epoxy. Think it's called JB Weld in states.

No other choices IMO.!

Short term I have moved the entire machine to the other side of the joint and moved my X home switch. Gives me 6.5 feet in the x and 5.5 feet in on the Y and gets me going with making parts. I have ordered machinable epoxy to do a pour to try to fill the joint. Long term after a few paying jobs, probably going to order some new full length rails. This will unfortunately require some modifications to the machine as the rail height will be different.

Im still waiting on my spindle cooling fan adapter so I cant cut anything yet. So I put a sharpie in the spindle and made a drawing. Pretty geeked that it actually made something, even just a drawing.