I was thinking of coring out a cavity behind the base plate. This way I could leave the stock drains as they are. The majority of the coolant would go right down to the holding tank. That’s my thought anyway. My machine is dead nuts on. I dread having to disassemble it to do this. Well, like I said I’m still mulling it over.
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Do not use a hammer drill only use a core drill to do this job due to layout of the mr1
I intend to use a coring drill. I have one on wheels that might fit if I took apart half the machine. I might rent a smaller one that can handle my bit. What a pain in the butt!!!
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You guys are way ahead of me on this but what about a mag drill. Probably need to make an adapter or two for the drill depth . I have a 1 x 2 ft x 1/4 in plate I use a lot of different ways to mount the drill on and it has always worked. Thicker is even better.
Good Luck,
Sbdon
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That might be a good idea… Clamp down a steel plate and run the coring bit in the mag drill… I believe that my drill has a traditional Chuck that I have never used.
I’ll mull it over.
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you could also drill diagonal with say a 1" or 3/4" core and seal a pcv pipe into the stock drains. Might be tough to get started but maybe not.
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I made a longer holder for plasma torch and burned a wider hole for sink drains
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Thats what a cnc plasma machine is good for even for burning holes in its own water table…
And put 2 big ball valves below it and drain into buckets. And all you have to do is pour them into table NO pipes screens or anything. SIMPLE…
I was thinking about this issue. My thought is the MR-1 is already capable of modifying itself! I would think you could flip the X gantry 180 so the mill head is backwards, then use the core saw to cut out the concrete to the pan. Switch to a hole saw to cut through the pan. Then get a mill bit designed for mill concrete. Have it mill out the space to install the shower drain. Install the drain and then epoxy seal it back in place.
Hi, I do not have an MR-1 but have been following the forum from the start. As with any new product i like to follow it for a year to see what the issues are.
As far as the drains, maybe a Perforated metal or a wire mesh basket strainer with handle could be placed in the outgoing drain to aid in chip collection and emptying. Just thought … always good to quarter back a problem …
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I’m just getting ready to start and am pondering putting a 3/4 x 1/2 bulkhead fitting out the side so that it intersects the drain at it’s bottom, trimming the excess in the drain after fitting.
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If you are gonna go that far might as well find something about 2x the length to run from the corner along X axis towards other corner.