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OK here we go..! Wish me luck but I must warn you this will be a slow build...

An eye candy from the latest stage of the design:

 

OK the design is almost finished.. It seems it will be;

Y(travel) = 815mm
Y(cut) = 800 mm
X(travel)= 720mm
X(cut)=720 mm
Z(travel)= 160 mm

Those numbers might change slightly but looks like this is what it's going to be.

And another render from where the current design is:

 

Design almost finished.. Added some coated colors for eye-candy..

 

And the bones ..

 

489 screws

 

An idea about vertical and horizontal fitting vise to Openbuilds v-slots/v-slot machine beds.

Model details and downloads from GrabCAD are here.

 

Hi, thank you for your comments.. They are very valuable for me..

I was thinking most of the load/strength will be needed on two part types..

One is the back plates (the red parts on this draft) and gantries. I might go for steel for those two and add 90 degree extrusion to connect back plates to v-slots (machine bed)

6 mm alu gantries do a good job with C-Beams.. But then again ofc steel would be much more sturdy and if gantries are seteel back plates will have to be steel too..

The yellow parts are just alu sheets to make the box and they connect to back plates and everything else with corner connectors. They do not receive weight or pressure on them at all. I am more worried about the feet to be honest as I have a Y connector down below and I can only use feets on the outer edges of the bottom plates.

 

Was thinking 6 mms for backplates

 

What about 10mm 7075 Aluminum? Do you think that will do it?

 

Well, true I like designing and making them look pretty. But not going to start building once I am 100% sure it is not going to make oval holes and tool snapping all over the place.

Please note that this is not a commercial product or what so ever. This is me playing around only as a hobby.

Would appreciate some productive input as I believe thats one of the philosophy of "open" building.

Sure I could easily take this to bunch of friends in the University but then it wouldn't be so much fun (at least not for me)..

Thank you for your "input" anyways as now I realize you are right.. This could be misleading.. Will change the pictures when I have time..

"EDIT: Deleted the medium with "machinery design"

 

Thank you. In my mind I was not relying the integrity of my linear rails.. I was more relying on "back plates" as those are the ones that holds everything together. However your comment makes it obvious that sheets are not going to do it.

In this case I am going to use c-beams again and come up with a design that keeps everything in a box for clean operating. (I also like the idea of having a polycarbonate "window" to see the goodies move while operating.

 

True.. Maybe its better to go for a smaller machine.. As you probably know I design, build and donate the machines to tech high schools so that they can use them for learning (like i do) and using for their projects.

 

Another vise design for v-slots/v-slot machine beds.

Model details are here on GrabCAD

 

I've used C-Beam before and it works great. The machine was a success.. C-BEAM-GTC

I would like to go for something else this time.. Maybe something like this? 2 20x60 v-slots between 2 10mm 7075 plates. 1 has a recess for housing the linear rail as it is critical for 2 reasons 1 to have them lay in parallel, two help the machine to absorb the vertical or horizontal force.

 

Yes of course manufacturing is not a problem. Would you think t-nuts is a better solution?

 

Easier too yeah.. I am investigating fusion360' s analysis capabilities. As you can define the type of the material and surfaces, moving parts, etc it comes up with results showing the weak spots. Not sure if it will help but worths a try.

 

Thank you Mark.. There still much to do.. I am working on ver. 4 of this build now