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Place ball screw drive onto the carriage.

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Installed drive.

Attachment 505376

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Install brace bracket.

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Install first brace.

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And the second one.

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Hi David - Can you give a brief description of how you do your imaging? I'ts always impressed me.. . Peter

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I have a set of 23 sized ClearPath servos so I will use them.
For steppers, you can use larger pulleys for higher speeds.

Servo installed.

Attachment 505390

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Hi Peter, I use an app called Pixelmator Pro for the graphics but you can do the same with Photoshop as well.

In a nut shell, you create different layers which are stacked on top of each other.

Let's say you paint the bottom layer yellow. Then on the layer on top of it, you cut out the areas where you want the yellow to show through. Then you put a new layer on top of the second layer and select areas you want to put on a different color. And then you adjust the opacity of each layer to get the effect you want. On some images, you have tens of layers with all their own adjustments and it can become very tedious very fast.

It's very different from a CAD program as they are pixel based and not vector. When you enlarge enough a pixel based image, you will be able to see the actual pixels, contrary to a CAD software where a line is always a line no matter how much you enlarge it. And there is always, forever something more to learn with Pixelmator and Photoshop.

[peteeng]

Hi David - Thanks I have a look at Pixelmater don't have photoshop or anything like that. Peter

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Arrggg its for a Mac!

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Oh, I didn't realize that. You buy the Pixelmator and you own it. With Photoshop, you pay a subscription forever. But I think there is a basic version of Photoshop you can buy.

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Install linear rails on the gantry beam.

Attachment 505544

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The X/Z Carriage

Linear rails: 2 x 1.18 diameter (30mm) stainless steel round rails
Space between spindle and face of gantry: 0.85"
Motor size: Nema 23
Lead: 4mm per revolution
Speed: Up to 157 inch/minute @ 1,000 RPM
Dynamic/static rating: about 600lbs/1,000lbs
Max. speed: 3,000 RPM


Some time ago, concept for the X/Z carriage was published.

Attachment 505546

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This is the physical build.
Colors to match concept

Attachment 505548


And without colors.

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The back side.

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And the stepper/servo mount installed.

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Spindle installed.
A water cooled spindle in this case with plumbing/wiring guide.

Attachment 505610

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Standard lighting and Loc-Line.

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Ready for installation onto the 3060 gantry beam.
Note that the spindle back is just 0.85" in front of the gantry beam face.

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X/Z carriage on the gantry beam with the servo installed.

Attachment 505694

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