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  #31  
Old Tue 19 January 2010, 06:36
jessyjames
Just call me: James
 
Reno, Nevada
United States of America
Lets not forget the stove in the background. Maybe if he wants a crispy pizza?

EDIT: Wow I dont know how I missed Roberts post.. Need to get my brain on..

Last edited by jessyjames; Tue 19 January 2010 at 06:39.. Reason: Missed Roberts Post. Basically said the same thing.. Sorry
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  #32  
Old Tue 19 January 2010, 08:36
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Good idea for pizza, but actually that is just used for powdercoating small parts so I dont have to fire up the big oven
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  #33  
Old Wed 20 January 2010, 17:56
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Gantry together

Well, I got all the drilling and tapping done on most of the machine. Finished the gantry and it is even true Here are a few pics of the on-going progress. Superior Bearing forgot to ship my order last week so it looks like a few days before I get my roller bearings, was looking forward to seeing it roll back and forth, even if it would be by hand. I also enclosed a better pic of my plasma table I built. Gerald, the corner with the ac/tv/radio is a nice corner but you will see the other corner of the shop with the beer fridge

P.S. That last pic is of my MechMate building assistant
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  #34  
Old Wed 20 January 2010, 20:05
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Nice progress, you have the orientations of the cars the right way around.

The dog's cute. I see that your fridge is guarded.
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  #35  
Old Wed 20 January 2010, 21:04
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Or the fridge is being raided.
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  #36  
Old Thu 21 January 2010, 02:43
smreish
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Orlando, Florida
United States of America
Dave,
The plasma table....are you using a THC controller or just a contact tip on the head?
Sean
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  #37  
Old Thu 21 January 2010, 03:05
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Dave,

Looks like your plasma table is about 4'x4'?

Your dog looks like he/she has not gotten any treats lately.
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  #38  
Old Thu 21 January 2010, 10:25
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Sean-I am using the THC300 from Campbell Designs, works great once I got it figured out, had alot of noise issues when building this, odd that the plasma generates that much electrical noise

Nils - The table is 5' x 6' (cutting area), reason for that was I was able to get 5' x 10' sheetmetal real cheap then I cut in half for a 5x5 sheet.

Just using it as a shelf right now
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  #39  
Old Fri 22 January 2010, 02:13
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
Quote:
Originally Posted by Drad98_98 View Post
... odd that the plasma generates that much electrical noise
(
Plasma is man-made thunder after all
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  #40  
Old Sat 23 January 2010, 13:32
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
More parts came in today

Received my remaining 2 motors and controllers along with other parts.
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  #41  
Old Tue 02 February 2010, 21:52
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
All rails are ground (finally, but my little HF $9.95 grinder did it with out giving up her ghost ). Everything rolls smoothly, time to start on the Z stage. Lots left to do, at least they are small jobs, just alot of them. Here are a few pics of the progress.
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  #42  
Old Wed 03 February 2010, 08:01
jhiggins7
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Hebron, Ohio
United States of America
Dave,

Great progress. Looking good.
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  #43  
Old Wed 03 February 2010, 18:15
Rad Racer
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Minnesota
United States of America
Great job Dave! You should be making dust in no time
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  #44  
Old Thu 04 February 2010, 06:18
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
Man... You are fast...
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  #45  
Old Fri 05 February 2010, 00:06
domino11
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Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Awesome work!
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  #46  
Old Fri 05 February 2010, 01:04
Claudiu
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Arad
Romania
Good looking build...Dave
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  #47  
Old Fri 05 February 2010, 16:30
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Thanks all, It is fun building this
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  #48  
Old Tue 09 February 2010, 11:27
blakekoehn
Just call me: Blake #47
 
Macon, MS
United States of America
Great going Dave. Keep working at it. I worked on several different aspects of it at the same time such as the control box while the paint was drying. I had parts scattered everywhere and thot i was a long way from getting done. All of the sudden I started assembling everything and it came together really fast.
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  #49  
Old Tue 09 February 2010, 19:16
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
good progress blake, we share that exact feeling...
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  #50  
Old Fri 12 February 2010, 17:43
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Check out these new stop blocks

Hey guys,
Metelhead just prototyped these new stop blocks for me to try. Just wanna say they are top notch, fit perfect and look great, I built mine like the print and it took me about 3-4 hours for all of them, these are a great time saver. Here are a couple pics of the blocks and my progress so far. I got my board all drilled, z-stage almost complete. Going to start disassembly this weekend and start powdercoating all the finished parts so far. Thanks again Mike, appreciate all your help.
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  #51  
Old Fri 12 February 2010, 19:39
MetalHead
Just call me: Mike
 
Columbiana AL
United States of America
These stop blocks were done by some of the other members, I just drew a set up with some mods and had them cut out.

So all the credit goes to other members. I am glad they saved time on your build !!!

Keep us updated, but I think they will work fine.
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  #52  
Old Sat 13 February 2010, 05:18
MetalHead
Just call me: Mike
 
Columbiana AL
United States of America
Here is the thread where Leo (Castone) brought up the LCB (Laser Cut and Bent) Stop Block.

Link removed

My mods were to make the sensor whole outside round and flare out the bottom to give the tabs more mass in case they impact the stops.

Mike

Last edited by MetalHead; Wed 17 February 2010 at 07:14.. Reason: Took out link until info is split out
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  #53  
Old Wed 17 February 2010, 06:22
J.R. Hatcher
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Wilmington, North Carolina
United States of America
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Mike when I click the link this is what I get .........

J.R. Hatcher, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
  1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
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  #54  
Old Wed 17 February 2010, 06:52
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
JR, that link goes to a thread that was being divided and is still in the "quarantine" area, viewable only by admins.
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  #55  
Old Wed 17 February 2010, 07:13
MetalHead
Just call me: Mike
 
Columbiana AL
United States of America
oops - sorry about that !
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  #56  
Old Wed 17 February 2010, 08:48
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Try this collection: Hard stops M1 18 000 alternative
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  #57  
Old Fri 19 February 2010, 22:49
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
Some paint on it

Had an issure with my powdercoat oven, few hours to fix it but here are a few pics. Everything will be powdercoated. Let me know.
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  #58  
Old Mon 22 February 2010, 21:28
Rad Racer
Just call me: Wayne #25
 
Minnesota
United States of America
Wow deja-vu! Seems like just yesterday we pulled my Mechmate parts from this same oven
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  #59  
Old Wed 24 February 2010, 17:41
Drad98_98
Just call me: Dave #52
 
Fort Ripley, MN
United States of America
MechMate has found its new home in the shop!

Powdercoating all done and everything assembled minus the electronics, I should have the rest of the Kitchen Table parts here this week then start getting everything done there, my goal it to be tuning it the first weekend in March. Here are a few pics.
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  #60  
Old Wed 24 February 2010, 20:50
Rad Racer
Just call me: Wayne #25
 
Minnesota
United States of America
Wow, looks really nice! Perfect spot for the Mechmate, garage looks different without the big powder oven.

Planning to come up on March 6th...it'll be fun to make some chips
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