Just got all the parts. Was a little surprised when the order was split, and the store didn't send the tracking number for the large box. Amazingly it arrived at my door while i was unboxing the first small box.
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Wow! Look at all those parts. (Took the better part of an hour to verify inventory)
Very neatly packed and well protected. There was no damage to any of the hardware.
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Double L-Bracket (Ended up not using them - yet)
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90 Deg. Brackets, only used 8 so far...
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Spindle Bracket
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Non-Eccentric wheel assemblies
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Eccentric wheel assemblies (Wow that's a lot of wheels)
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Spacer assemblies for the X-Carriage
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ACME Nut blocks assembled and ready to go
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X-Carriage complete
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X-Carriage and both Y-Carriages
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Z-Carriage wheels
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Presto! ready for more.
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Left Support beam
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All 4 put together. Spindle box in the middle for a size reference.
This thing is a whole lot bigger than the small X-Carve i have!
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Top linear rail laid on top for fit check
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Attached the vertical portions of the gantry
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Different angle of the gantry
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Gantry attached, although i did change the attachment point of the left gantry pillar to the outside of the Y carriage. Gave me a few more inches of X travel.
I added a section of 20x40 V-slot to mount the drag chain.
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A close up of the motor attachment.
I found that the included M5-55 low profile screws that are meant to attach the steppers have a collar just under the head that interferes with the frame on the stepper motor. Going to see if an M5-55 cap head will do a better job.
-- UPDATE --
Home Depot sells a socket cap screw (Crown Bolt) M5-.8 x 55MM that fits like a glove!
Highly recommend replacing the High torque NEMA23 motor bolts that the kit comes with (M5-.8 low profile)
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Mechanical portion mostly complete, now moving on to the electronics!
Panucat Gradus M1 with Big-Foot style drivers. (3A capable)
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Finally made room in the garage for the little beastie. ;-)
I used the Rockler T-Track for hold down, and have a number of 1/2" MDF strips between them.
All attached to a sheet of 1-1/8" plywood.
Now to work up a nice large project with V-Carve Desktop.
C-Beam 1M
Build in 'Cartesian Style CNC' published by Jim F, Sep 4, 2017.
Basing this build on the C-Beam machine XL on the parts store, but added a few things to make it more like the C-Beam XXLarge "Tank" by Dollarz81. Going with the Dewalt 611 instead of a water cooled spindle at first. May change down the road. Using a Panucat Gradus M1 controller with BigFoot drivers.
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Reason for this Build
I wanted a larger, stronger alternative to my 500x500 XCarve.Inspired by
Based on the C-Beam XXLarge "Tank" by Dollarz81