Forum: Motors & their mountings
Fri 10 September 2010, 13:58
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Replies: 278
Views: 283,913
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Forum: 701. Motor Drives
Fri 10 September 2010, 13:52
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Replies: 4
Views: 18,426
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Forum: 701. Motor Drives
Fri 10 September 2010, 11:01
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Replies: 4
Views: 18,426
One system controlling two tables?
Is it possible or practical to use one computer, PSU and set of drivers/BOB to run two different tables (NOT simultaneously)
I'm thinking along the lines of a multipin switch or several relays (or...
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Forum: Motors & their mountings
Fri 10 September 2010, 10:42
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Replies: 278
Views: 283,913
I have heard someone say elsewhere, that when...
I have heard someone say elsewhere, that when using 2 motors on the X axis, an encoder should be used on each motor for 'feedback'.. Is this true? What exactly does the encoder do, and do the gecko...
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Mon 06 September 2010, 06:28
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Replies: 20
Views: 34,651
I want to throw another wrench in this...
I want to throw another wrench in this discussion...
What about dual use tables?
Seeing as a 4x10 or 5 x 10 support board and spoil board assy would be far too heavy for one man to remove and...
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Mon 06 September 2010, 05:59
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Replies: 28
Views: 54,134
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Mon 06 September 2010, 05:37
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Replies: 19
Views: 43,539
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Thu 02 September 2010, 08:19
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Thu 02 September 2010, 08:02
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Replies: 8
Views: 16,565
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Fri 27 August 2010, 16:48
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
You might have just saved me a 'ton' of money...
You might have just saved me a 'ton' of money (and labor)... thanks!
If you didn't have to move it around, but still used the router, would you still have built it as heavy? Or would you have...
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Fri 27 August 2010, 06:32
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
Hi Ken,
1) Actually it's not... The plan...
Hi Ken,
1) Actually it's not... The plan calls out for 7" C channel, 1/2 inch thick.. Seans build used 2x4 quarter inch thick rectangular tube.. I would be hard pressed to find out how 'Sean'...
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Thu 26 August 2010, 17:15
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Thu 26 August 2010, 17:09
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
Okay Sean, that does help....
So the Y...
Okay Sean, that does help....
So the Y dimension I want is 65" outside of beam to outside of beam, and this is inclusive of 4" 'extra'? And the X dimension length length of each longitudinal beam...
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Thu 26 August 2010, 15:39
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
Base Table Dimensions
On Plan Page 10 10 300 W, it says that the dimension from outside edge of the longitudinal X beam to the outside edge of the opposite longitudinal X beam is to be Y + 17"... I was under the...
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Forum: The Market Place
Wed 25 August 2010, 09:07
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Replies: 65
Views: 95,397
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Forum: The Market Place
Wed 25 August 2010, 08:30
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Replies: 65
Views: 95,397
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Forum: Introduce yourself and start planning
Wed 25 August 2010, 05:56
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,676
Couple questions about plasma...
As mentioned elsewhere, I'm planning on starting with a solsylva router table, and integrating some of the parts into a plasma mechmate (or mechmate/solsylva hybrid) and a mechmate router... 2...
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Forum: General - MM Build
Sun 22 August 2010, 08:24
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,144
"Using Mechmate for" subforum???
Looked but don't see any subforums dealing with what people are making with their mechmates, what their operating costs are, if they are making money off of them, how they are marketing their...
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Sun 22 August 2010, 06:54
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Replies: 6
Views: 21,674
Does it really even matter if the table is...
Does it really even matter if the table is slightly out of square? I'm thinking that as long as you can get the ground X rails parallel and square to each other, then that's all that really matters.....
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Sun 22 August 2010, 06:21
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
Did you see my 3D mockups above? Sounds like a...
Did you see my 3D mockups above? Sounds like a similar design to what I showed... But again, perhaps a picture would prove otherwise... I'm not really underatanding the difference at this point..
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Sun 22 August 2010, 06:03
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Sat 21 August 2010, 07:42
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Replies: 6
Views: 21,674
I was thinking of welding tabs at each corner...
I was thinking of welding tabs at each corner below the table support and the shelf support near the bottom of the legs, temp bolting a cross support at each end of the table, and then squaring it...
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Fri 20 August 2010, 20:32
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Replies: 11
Views: 19,301
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Fri 20 August 2010, 16:02
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Replies: 11
Views: 19,301
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Forum: 10. Base Table
Wed 18 August 2010, 15:54
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Replies: 53
Views: 62,427
My current thoughts are considering the idea of...
My current thoughts are considering the idea of building the complete steel frame for the mechmate base (using 2x2 square tubing as in the student build) and then just bolting some nice straight hem...
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