I finally managed to install the cable carriers and the E-stop switches. The machine looks better and better now.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Saturday, April 16, 2016
More wiring
I've received the cable carrier drag chain and emergency stop buttons on Friday. I need to install them on the machine
Cutting some foam
As the purpose of the CNC machine is to cut and carve foam, I did some testing, adapted some hot wire tools for the purpose and cut some foam I had lying around.
Cutting the logo of Aliptera
Using a hot wire tool:
Tried some 3D carving. The melted foam didn't have where to go so the bad result is expected.
The tool used:
Some more "Art"
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Tools used to build the machine
It is time to talk about the tools used to build the machine.
- A drill press, bought specially for this purpose from Kijiji.
- A miter saw I borrowed from my friend Ion, Ion thank you for lending it to me, without it I would have a hard time cutting all those aluminum profiles!
- A bench grinder I made;
- A hand drill and various other hand tools.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Wiring and table fittment
Last weekend I didn't do too much: I cut the table out of birch plywood, it is not yet attached to the moving X axis frame;
I mounted the electronics and did some wiring.
I found some neat locations for the home position switches and wired them:
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Friday, April 1, 2016
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