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Helge F. Holm
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Username: Helge
Post Number: 1
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - 07:08 pm: | 
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Anyone, ever considered the possibility of mounting the entire MechMate, vertically on a wall? Here I Norway I have seen some plywood board cutters mounted at a wall. The idea may seem stupid, but as long as the work piece is secured, the orientation of table doesn’t matter. The major benefit is floor space. Second is the fact that chips of material will fall to the ground a vacuum dust control system is not absolute required. However you may need the vacuum for securing the work piece. (*) One benefit for us office rats is that its easier to move a ½”, 4’x8’ plywood while its vertical
Hope you all have inputs on wall mounting.
This is the solution for me. I hope to cut my own panels for an everlasting kayak project. It’s a stitch ‘n glue design. + I have a disk, drawer and a head full of designs waiting for my own mill. Lack of floor space is a killer to most of my DIY projects. Therefore I came up whit this idea.
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Is there a good patent for vacuum fixing of the work piece? I haven’t read all treads yet, (Got the link today), but can’t see any good designs o this. The problem whit vacuum is that it’s punctured as soon the tool cuts the boards. You may have several sections on the table with vacuum but still its difficult to secure panels properly. |
Kim Mortensen
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Username: Inwonder
Post Number: 28
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 12:01 am: |
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U will need a good vacuum table. Every time u cut a piece it will loose a little bit of grip on the table if not vacuumed properly to the table. I'm not sure how you should make the vacuum seal for each piece on the table, but I think it would represent a problem for you no matter what you do. But also consider this, by tilting the table you will need some very strong Steppers for the Y car as it is quite heavy with all components mounted to it. Also when the Y car travels down again you will need something to act as a counterweight or else you will propably loose a lot of steps on the way down again. A Wall mounted circular saw is easier to use this way cause it is han operated and not mechanically operated as the X and Y car on the Mechmate. |
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10. Base Table