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Old Thu 17 October 2019, 01:09
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
At Last, It's time to begin

Hi All,
I am an IT engineer working for a telecom in my country Cameroon in Central Africa. Indeed it is a pleasure for me to be part of this community. I have been around this forum for more than 10 years. I have read and read and read through this forum. Even though have have never build or used a CNC machine before, I feel confident that with the help and support from friends of this forum I will build a MechMate. I have bought 80 percent of what is needed so far.
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the foot print of my machine is going to be 3300 x 2200.
It will run on Acorn boards and teknic motors. I purchased the laser cut parts already from Mike (Metal Head).
I will also mount a 4th axis according to the design of x-ray dude

All metal for the base frame has been bought.

I hope to post some pictures and give more details.

I count on the support and criticism of all. I am open to learn from those who have gone ahead and hope this will be another fun ride.
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Old Thu 17 October 2019, 01:31
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Just can't figure out how to attach photos.....any help
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Old Thu 17 October 2019, 05:28
jhiggins7
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Hebron, Ohio
United States of America
Here is a thread posted by Gerald in 2007 all about attaching photos.
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Old Thu 17 October 2019, 09:36
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Thanks John
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Old Thu 17 October 2019, 21:47
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Acorn Controller aceessories
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Old Thu 17 October 2019, 21:58
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Teknic clear path motors
04 Nema 34 motors for X, X', Y and Z axis (CPM-SDSK-3432S-RLS)

01 Nema 23 motors for 4th axis (CPM-SDSK-2341S-RLS)
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Old Thu 17 October 2019, 22:06
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Teknic power supply included
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Old Fri 18 October 2019, 03:40
jhiggins7
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Hebron, Ohio
United States of America
Vustasmith,

Great. Looks like you are on your way.
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Old Fri 18 October 2019, 04:30
MarkRH
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Maryland
United States of America
Nice, a build with teknic
I only remember seeing 1 who upgraded to teknic and they are nema 23, im sure many will watch with interest.
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Old Sat 19 October 2019, 22:14
xraydude
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New Orleans, LA
United States of America
Fantastic, Vustamsith. Great to see your build starting. Looking forward to your progress.

Ted
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Old Wed 23 October 2019, 04:06
MetalHead
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Columbiana AL
United States of America
Please post often. I want to see this control box come together.
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Old Fri 25 October 2019, 02:01
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Hi Mike,
I will post as often as possible. At the moment, due to daily work and time constrain my progress is slow. My plan is to first start with the steel assembly since it is the most challenging aspect for me.
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Old Thu 09 January 2020, 07:25
Panovak
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St. Paul
United States of America
How is your project coming along? I'll be using a acorn as well and deciding on clearpath or dyn /dmm
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Old Sat 11 January 2020, 16:16
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Hello Paul, not much progress has been made so far.
I have cut the steel to dimension and also drilled where necessary. My welder machine is faulty, I hope to repair it And then start welding the steel base. Sure I will upload some photos when the table takes shape.
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Old Mon 10 February 2020, 08:05
Panovak
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St. Paul
United States of America
Will you be doing gear reduction with those servos?
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Old Wed 12 February 2020, 14:03
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Hi Paul, Yes i will be having 4:1 reduction, which I bought them from Mike (Metal Head). During once of my exchange with Mike Richards he advised on getting a belt reduction unit

See this link: http://mechmate.com/forums/showthrea...1&postcount=18
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Old Wed 12 February 2020, 14:48
Panovak
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St. Paul
United States of America
Didn't realize he sold those. I have another question. I will be using acorn controls and want a 4th axis but I had read that it only controls 4 motors. 2 for x, 1 for y and 1 for z. How will you control the 4th axis?
Thanks
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Old Tue 18 February 2020, 15:19
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Hi Paul,
I will do hardware pairing for the X and X'.
See this link on the centroid website
https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid...ontroller.html
Read the pdf document concerning Acorn axis pairing and auto squaring.
You can find the information just after the videos.
Please read through the document and if there is something you don't understand, I will be glad to help.

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Old Tue 18 February 2020, 15:24
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Smile

Hi Paul,
Mike (metal head) can provide you with almost all the components for the mechmate except the frame. Just give him a pm and he will be of great help. The quality of his components are just excellent. He is a nice person, ask as many questions as possible concerning your needs
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Old Thu 19 March 2020, 01:41
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
started to work on the control box
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Old Thu 19 March 2020, 10:18
Panovak
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St. Paul
United States of America
Looking good. What size box do you have?
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Old Sat 21 March 2020, 12:32
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Size of the box is 700mm x 500mm x 230mm
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Old Sat 21 March 2020, 13:30
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Size of the box is 700mm x 500mm x 230'll dr
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Old Sat 08 August 2020, 04:26
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
I have been working on the base frame. I have been cutting and notching some round tubes. Also bought a welder. Looking forward to start welding the table.
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Old Sat 08 August 2020, 05:37
spyderxxx
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Cambridge Ontario
Canada
If those round tubes are galvanized be very careful when welding. The off gases can kill you.
Ed
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Old Sat 08 August 2020, 14:47
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Talking

Thanks Ed for the concern. I plan to weld these tubes outside of the shop and also use a fan to blow away the case from me during the welding. By default I will be wearing a respiratory mask. But if someone has any professional advice for me on how to go about welding the galvanised steel, I will much appreciate your advice. Hey just to let you know that I will drink lots of milk during the process
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Old Thu 03 February 2022, 11:15
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
it's been a long time that I have not updated on the forum the progress of the work. So far the table base, the gantry and the Y car are all done. The entire machine has been dismantled and painted. I am looking forward to reassemble the machine over the weekend.
I will put up pictures once this has been done
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Old Sat 12 February 2022, 14:23
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Updates

this is the state of the table not fully assembled
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Old Sat 12 February 2022, 22:57
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
I am currently in the process of aligning the rais of the x axis
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Old Mon 25 September 2023, 12:19
vustasmith
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Dear Mechmate family, I will like to share my progress with you all. The mechmate cnc is alive. More to be done to fine tune it. But it cuts check out the link
https://youtu.be/ntFCmcza0Ew?si=cUyHin_QrM_HO-LD
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