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very good work skyfire, i started reading this post of yours a year or so ago, and then you went quite for a while. im so glad you came back and have now nearly finished this machine, i've thoroughly...

excellent thread this is! keep up the good work

would the 50mm box section be sufficient for the base? i thought it would because people use 80/20 extrusions successfully and surely thats not as strong as welded steel? the base dimensions are only...

cheers for the input, i may have a little tinker with inventor tomorrow to see what i can come up with!

i know what you mean, i operate bridgeports regularly at work so can fully understand how frustrating it is having to wind the bed up and down due to using longer tooling.
with my miller i was...

thanks for your comments, the axis you are referring to with the visible ballscrew is the y axis, but i understand what you mean.

however i am unsure as to what you are referring to as the y-axis...

i've been viewing these forums for a good while now, and have had a go at designing my own CNC miller. its only a small one (around 12" x 12" with about 3" of z travel) but its mainly a practice...

we have got a Mazak VTC-30C machining centre at work but the only problem is is that no-one really know hows to use it!
i've had very basic training on it when it was delivered but since then have...