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New Things - Pretoria, South Africa
Hi to all, I am Marinus
Little about Myself, I am an electronic engineer, did work in construction and recently worked in a wooden door manufacturing companny. I like desgning new things and taking on challanges that customers provide, I saw the need for a cnc with clients coming up with special demands. After some time in the woodwork factory, with little special tools and a struggle to do the special demands, I urged the owner to let me help him build a cnc, he did not listen al all. So now I will build it and use it. This is my story and I look forward in this project. |
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Marinus,
Welcome to the Forum. Happy building! |
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Welcome aboard, I think your story will soon include a MechMate. May your posts be plentiful and full of pictures
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Welkom
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Welcome Marinus!
Do you by chance have a beard, a motorbike and/or a pool? |
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Welcome and good luck
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good luck from jerusalem, i am new too, and i found here a very good help, nice people
michel |
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Hi there.
I can’t seem to stay away from mechmate. I have been searching the net over and over for information on building a CNC router, however I always seem to end up on this forum. I have read loads of articles, saved all the images for ideas, pondered , cost, size, power, gear ratio, controller box and much more. So without any further ado, I feel I have to ask the people who have or who are well on their way for advice, because I am struggling with a few issues that most of you have heard before. The size that I have settled on will be 3m x 1,7m. (This is where I will be starting) building the table out of iron/metal. A few questions on my mind though: - What would I need to adjust or to modify to be able to cut/router aluminium on the mechmate? Does motor size, torque play a role? And what would you recommend? My idea is to be able to cut 2” thick High Density Polyurethane but if I am able to cut aluminium than I will sleep better at night, precision also plays a big role on why I will be building the Mechmate. Having a few people give me advice would be much appreciated, I have no background to any CNC machine. But I access to a laser cutter Sincerely Leonard. PS: If there is any one in South Africa who successfully build a mechmate please feel free to comment or help. |
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Welcome, but read, read and read all on this forum, there are a few South African MechMates operating.
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I think you should be able to cut alu ask Marius around the corner from you.
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Do you know how I can get in contact with Marius. Would love to pop in and have a look at his Mechmate, and ask a few questions if he wont mind?
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Send him a pm and ask his details
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