Sport Shapeoko 3

[daman691003]

So the base is completed. I guess we are building sub assemblies. Already this thing is heavy. And I bet that's a good thing. Hardest part is lining up some of the holes.

 

[daman691003]

Man this things heavy. Sorry about updates. It's Sooo easy. Just a lot of parts

 

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[Terryscustom]

Very cool, cnc stuff can be addicting once you start cutting. I started with a shopbot prt-96 back in 2002 and it's still running but I only use it for one part so it may be retired soon. If I can give any advise is to start with a hand router but start shopping for an actual router spindle. Hand routers have absolutely crazy amounts of runout and they quickly get worse.

 

[daman691003]

I have a hand router with a precision collet with low runout. It also has A super pid controller for speed cobtrol. In future when I make it bigger I might get water cooled spindle with vfd

 

[Bartman]

you guys aren't doing me any favors with this thread....it's actually more of a threat to my well being than that 50% Challenger thread that Sleepy posted last week!

 

[daman691003]

Lol this thing is great. Tonight it's going to come alive. I'm pumped.

 

[daman691003]

Terry. Iam designing interlocking battery tray. What tolarances do you use for parts to interlock.

 

[Terryscustom]

Terry. Iam designing interlocking battery tray. What tolarances do you use for parts to interlock.

When I do wood parts I use the laser so I have square corners but I set them up so that the joints are a "snug" fit. Not an interference fit that have to be tapped together but not loose enough to see gaps. When they are snug you can still use medium CA to glue together and it will wick itself in.

I buy a lot of tooling for our business and many times I use this place for carbide tooling. Some of there Micro stuff is very very nice and they have always been good to work with: http://discount-tools.com/index.htm

 

[daman691003]

What enamil do u recommend for plywood and g10. I'm guessing two different inesc