TINYenormous – Build it up to break it down again

It's been quite a while since my router arrived in the mail. It came in mid winter and essentially stopped all cnc progress. It was much heavier than I had expected, and the gantry I had built wasn't up to the task. The x and y axes were finished, but needed to be rebuilt stronger. [...]

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So here are the bits I've bought already Xylotex 3 axis system kit with 425Oz/in stepper motors enco 12' of 1/2" acme rod 8 matching nuts thebigbearingstore.com 6 1/2" 2 bolt pillow block bearings 8 1/2" shaft collars Home Depot Tons of bolts, nuts, washers, bits and doodads. 20' of galvanized steel u-channel (not really sure what to call this stuff) specialized u-channel bolts, nuts and spacers aluminum [...]

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