I used white also, and am very happy with it! Looks good!
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You are a true craftsman. What beautiful work! Anxious to see how the auger works out. That looks like a great idea.
Thanks! That means a lot to me.
I’m excited to get this machine up and running!
It’s definitely time for an update! Ignore the temporary 220 power, my electrician has been slacking on running the permanent power to the spindle.
The assembly is basically complete and the top surfaced. I used a 5/8" 2 flute insert end mill to surface the table and it did a nice job (accusize industrial w/ apkt inserts).
I’m working through mods on the enclusure and my chip auger system. I have the design completed for a gear reduction system and a cheap reversible gear motor. I 3d printed all the gears and the rest of the parts were laser cut out. All components are in house now so I should have an update on the auger system soon.
The coolant system changes include adding a filter, 3-way valve, nozzle, and upgrading the entire line to 1/2". Initial testing without the filter and auger shows this might have been a mistake as it filled up faster than it drained, basically becoming a bathtub. The filter will knock down the flow rate some and with the auger I’m hopeful the drainage situation will improve. I can always throttle the flow rate if needed.
Langmuir coolant mods.txt (1.5 KB)
I’m embarrassed at how long this has taken but it happens. Some cool stuff hopefully coming soon.
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Looking wonderful Carter…
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