Plog
Test Fitting
Posted 14 years ago.
I have a majority of the mechanical framing components finished. Right now, I'm mostly just working on finish work and the driv ...
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Tool Mount
Posted 14 years ago.
I made accurate measurements of the Proxxon IB/E tool. So, I designed the mounting parts to connect the tool to the Z-axis sub- ...
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Guide Supports and Bearings
Posted 14 years ago.
It's been slow-going for a few days. I've made pretty good progress this week, but it seems like there isn't much that's very v ...
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Primary Frame Finished
Posted 14 years ago.
I made some solid progress over the end of the week. I finished all of the primary frame (tube parts), and got the long strips ...
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Mill Assembly 08
Posted 14 years ago.
Here are a few more updates to the design. I'm trying to get some more concrete ideas together on the framing to hold the tool ...
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Mill Assembly 07
Posted 14 years ago.
I had a fairly productive evening last night, but I goofed up cutting two frame tubes too long (twice). My design model and my ...
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Mill Assembly 06
Posted 14 years ago.
Here's the latest update to the design. A number of changes were made based on manufacture-ability of a few parts. This update ...
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Frame Progress Update
Posted 14 years ago.
I had the chance to spend a dozen or so hours working on the frame over the last two days. Things didn't come together 100% as ...
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Mill Assembly 05
Posted 14 years ago.
After some thought (and a helpful comment on my thread at CNCzone.co ...
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The Welding is Done!
Posted 14 years ago.
Today, I finished up the parts that required welding. It would have been done sooner, but I made a mistake welding one of the t ...
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Control System
Posted 14 years ago.
Mechanical construction is coming along. I should have enough done for some neat pictures tonight. I've been trying to keep tr ...
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Console 01
Posted 14 years ago.
That didn't last long. After some thought, it's clear that separating each axis onto their own panel will be a lot easier to im ...
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Console
Posted 14 years ago.
Construction of the frame sub-assembly is firmly underway. I will be doing some final prep work and welding the vertical sectio ...
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Paint Selection
Posted 14 years ago.
I spent a little time adjusting the materials of my model, and decided to try out a few different colors to see what might look ...
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Mill Assembly 03
Posted 14 years ago.
I accomplished quite a bit over the weekend, but haven't had time to post an update on the project. Here is a new render of the ...
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Mill Assembly 02
Posted 14 years ago.
More updates today: Last night, I got a chance to rummage through my friend's scrap pile. (By the way, it's always advisable t ...
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Mill Assembly 01
Posted 14 years ago.
Here are the fruits of today's design work. Mostly tweaking details, but I did go through most of my parts and scaled them clos ...
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Mill Assembly 00
Posted 14 years ago.
I think I'm addicted to Blender. This is actually fun. Too bad Blender doesn't have more CAD capabilities, but sketching out s ...
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Mill Table 00
Posted 14 years ago.
I wanted to sketch up a rough version of my two-axis mill table to see what clearances need to be considered, as well as where I ...
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Mill Frame 01
Posted 14 years ago.
I put together an idea of a mill frame using the rails from ladder cable racks. The red sections would be welded on 45-degree j ...
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Scavenging
Posted 14 years ago.
I had the chance to dig through a couple of my boxes of "stuff I think I might need for a project some day, maybe" today. Among ...
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Plog?
Posted 14 years ago.
Well, I'm making little bits of progress on a regular enough basis, I think I want to start a plog. Wait, what's a "plog?" I d ...
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