On Friday 24 April 2009, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: >> Hi Brian, >> >> I have been collecting parts for my gantry router for years, and this >> spindle >> will pretty much complete the list. I hope to weld up a very rigid frame >> following the technique used by Ocean Kayaks >> >> http://www.oneoceankayaks.com/madvac/madvac_index.htm >> >> ... only my router will be powered by Emc2, of course ;-) >> >> When it comes time to build it, I will document it and post my progress >> here. >> >> Tom > >I went thru his website - Now that is a rigid machine. I purchased a kit - >Lionclaw - with the expressed intent of cutting terrain models. I am a >mining engineer and have been looking for a way to create 3D models of mine >plans. The less rigid unit will be fine for my purposes. I only now need a >way of transforming numerical grids into gcode. Someday I will pick through >the image to Gcode code and tweak it to cut my models directly. An old >house - two young boys and a wife with a busy schedule (for me) keeps me >from diving into it full time. > >I do like the idea of the washing machine spindle. I am on a lowish budget >and the porter cable router is my option of necessity for the time being.
In that event, Hitachi also makes a similar, but variable speed soft start router that probably has 1/10th the Porter Cable's run-out off the shelf. I've had both for several years. The PC is a workhorse, permanently mounted in my router table, but for smooth, quiet running with a half inch shank 2" diameter cutter in it, nothing handles as well as that Hitachi. Both probably have at least 50 hours running time on them. The PC needs bearings now, but the Hitachi? Smooth as silk and just a shhh when its running yet. At 25k rpms. >Brian >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial >Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited >royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing >server and web deployment. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Be frank and explicit with your lawyer ... it is his business to confuse the issue afterwards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
