Steve Tyng

You win CNC dad of the year! Nice job!

Thanks for the info.

I'm using the 1/8" thick stuff.

Nice job on the vacuum table. I like the use of the foam as a sacrificial element. What are you using to cut the foam board for the airplane parts?

Nice conversion. Don't think I'd have the heart to do that to my 50 year old Craftsman drill press!

Nice work. Especially like the face turned drawer front elements.

I'm using an Arduini UNO and TB6600 drivers. I'm using the EstlCAM firmware.What's your microstepping set to?

My setup is simular to this: https://kalaakaar.in/cnc-controller-with-arduino-tb6600-and-grbl/To wire to the UNO I used one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HF2DD7T/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The chain is tensioned to remove as much slack as possible (like tightening a guitar string). With the chain supported it's always in a straight line so the amount of chain to travel to get from one point to another is always constant. If it droops, this introduces an arc to the chain. An arc is not a straight line from point A to B and the arc constantly changes depending where the gantry is. To me this means you will not have a constant amount of chain to travel to get to any point. Of course, were proably splitting hairs here between the two but I was able to support the cahin in my design so I went with it.

Thanks!

I'm using the EstlCAM firmware.

IE is EOL from Microsoft. It's becoming less compatible with websites every day. Most current web development is for the Chromium based browsers.

Space is always at a premium in the shop. My first router project was a 4x5' monster that was designed to fold up when not in use. Sadly I never finished that router. The shop (and the house it sat behind) was sold when I had to move to another area.

Thanks!

Thanks!

They are all NEMA 23's. The X and the two Z motors are in the 240oz range. The Y motor was recently upgraded to a 425oz unit. I might upgrade the X axis to 425oz at some point. I'm running the motors at 24V with the cheap TB6600 drivers. The X and Z are set to 2.5 amps. The Y axis is set to 4A. The X and Y axis are running through a 2.5 reduction.

Yes, I know that might be an issue at some point. If it does fail, I'll just splice in a new section of cable.

LOL! I'm down in Maryland unfortunately... Else I might take you on the offer! :-)

I'll think about it Dude!

It's from the Ikea Varde collection. No longer manufactured unfortunantly.

Thanks for the kind words. Post your 4x8 router build. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Thanks and my apologies for adding to your dream load!