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[Dennis David]

My new CNC Mill under construction.

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[Dennis David]

Controller with a nice panic button. 🤪

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[Don Weaver]

So what slot car parts are you going to make on it?

 

Don

[Dennis David]

Initially flat material like chassis plates, motor plates z-plates for Eurostyle chassis as well as conversion chassis for RTR cars replacing the plastic chassis. Alternative chassis for 1/24 Scaleauto and center and side pans for Retro with some added bling.

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[Ramcatlarry]

How about cut to fit weights to fit in existing plastic frames.

[Dennis David]

Depends on the materials I suppose and it might not be cost effective labor wise.

[MikeC]

Which Mill did you wind up going with?

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[Dennis David]

The one above which is the Yoda 2.0 from Source Rabbit in Greece. 440mm x 500mm.

 

Kool Mist

http://www.penntoolc...AiABEgKKivD_BwE

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[Dennis David]

World of Clamping

Steel T-slot plate 4030 (400 mm x 300 mm)

https://www.worldofc...oduct&info=1277

 

https://www.worldofc...oduct&info=1310

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[Dennis David]

Tool Height Sensor

http://cnc-plus.de/e...ng-Sensor-.html
 

 

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[Dennis David]

Clamping Set

https://www.tormach....509&portrelay=1

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[Dennis David]

Leading Edge Industrial Low Profile Vice

https://leadingedgei...w-profile-vise/

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[Dennis David]

Rockler Mini Deluxe Hold-Down Clamp

http://www.rockler.c...hold-down-clamp

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[Dennis David]

Indexing Vice

https://www.amazon.d...keywords=WABECO

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[Ecurie Martini]

And the sum of the above is ~ 50% of the basic mill price - I told you so!

 

EM

[Dennis David]

Haha, Is this where you say I told you so? Still not all of it has to be bought at once. The purpose for listing these items here is to give people some idea of accessories they may want to purchase.

[Dennis David]

4" CNC Vice

https://www.tormach....SET&portrelay=1

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[Dennis David]

Prescription Ballistic Safety Glasses

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[Dennis David]

Digital Micrometer

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[Phil Hackett]

You may have already have this handled: make sure you have more Z-axis travel than you think you need. Some of the tooling above takes a large amount of Z space thereby limiting the spindle travel or spindle tooling. Rarely is there a need to have the spindle within 4" of the table. You can *always* raise the part.

 

Most people concentrate on the X & Y table travels.

 

I once had a small CNC mill and its Z travel was very limited. I thought I would machine a 4" spacer to place between the bed and column but having to extend all the servo, power, control wires and modify the sheet metal housing just made the job harder (many of the wires were elecrically/magnetically shielded and made the job not worthwhile). 

[Dennis David]

Yes i have already come up against this so the Tormach vice is probably out. Luckily most of my work is 1 inch tall or less. i've also been keeping my eye on tool length.I think a part of my initial work will be in creating my own fixtures.

[Alchemist]

What a phenomenal workshop you have Dennis!

 

Ernie

[Dennis David]

Ernie this is still coming together.  My Mill is still in Greece being built, but I want to give everybody a look as I "gear up". Once I am up and running I will describe all of my work with photos and videos. 

 

I will be using a combination of Shapeways and my CNC mill to build chassis, etc.

[Jaeger Team]

Very interesting. I love technology, looking forward to see your works..

[Dennis David]

While i wait for my mill to be completed i am buying all the accessories that I will need and studying the software programs. Hopefully this will help others as well. Of the similiar desktop mills made in the US i am very impressed by Carbide 3D's Nomad 883 Pro for $2499

http://carbide3d.com/nomad/detail/

The table moves along the Y-Axis

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