Chips & dust

Hi all,

Everyone that have CNC have two problems chips&dust and noise. I do not like to have mess in my workshop so I decide to solve first problem somehow. First of all chips. When I cut Aluminum chips are flying everywhere, so I made barrier for them. On the side of the table I have mounted 4 mm Plywood and I do not remove it. In front and back of table I mount 6 holders. When I can install and remove 3 mm MDF sheet. This is how it looks like:

 one holder

T-table part 2.

Hi,

yesterday I try my new table. It works great. There is no problem with attaching different type of materials. Also I made some additional holders, and corner finder for bigger plates of material. I will put of all files to Thingiverse today, so they can be easily downloaded. Some photos below from yesterday tests.

T-table for bigger CNC

Hi all,

I had a lot of problem with finding optimal table to my CNC. I try different ways to mount material to it. But all previous ideas were wrong. So I decided to T-table. First try is in plywood, to see how it will work.
So let start.
In my bigger machine I have 435 x 345 mm of work place. Bottom part of it where nut and slides are installed is from Aluminum. On this I put first layer of 10 mm plywood. Bottom groves are 13 mm wide and 7 mm deep, prepared for M8 nut. On the periphery of working place I made 10 mm holes 6 mm deep, where I punch with hammer M6 nuts. This is how it looks:

99 % ready

Hi,
This weekend was productive. I almost end building this CNC. Electronic part was added, and first table milling was done. It works OK. Some photos first:

General view 

Mechanic part is ready

Hi,

After long period of no info it is time for big update. Yesterday I have ended most mechanical stuff. All axis have motors mounted and they are moving smoothly.