[dbrija]

That is it..... I love the fact that I can easily move it around with the pallet jack. If I need to work on something I just lift it up and pull it out. It takes 30 seconds to move the entire mill and I could pick it up and move it across the shop if it wasn't for the 220V wiring that limits it to where I have it installed.

I've not had the metal stand but the wood has great damping properties and is easy to modify.

How much do you think it weighs? I took the drawings and used them as a basis for my own design (making a few tweaks), but in the end, I had decided to most likely order a deluxe stand and be done with it.

The price tag and seeing yours has me thinking about building it again though.....

[kevperro]

How much do you think it weighs? I took the drawings and used them as a basis for my own design (making a few tweaks), but in the end, I had decided to most likely order a deluxe stand and be done with it.

The price tag and seeing yours has me thinking about building it again though.....

Oh...it is wood so it isn't much. The machine dominates the weight. I don't regret building it but during the process I often thought that buying the Tormach stand wouldn't have been a bad idea. Like any project it takes twice as much time as you think it will and cost three times as much. ;-) I would have used thicker plywood than the standard plans if I did it again and I would have modified it to be a foot wider and 3-4" deeper and I would have built the back-splash to go up higher. I'd have left a large panel behind the machine for access. I would have also designed chip-guards to go over the coolant drains so that I wouldn't need to feed the shop-vac up there to get chips that get stuck in the passage.

If I was on a time schedule and I had a boss after me to get it done I'd order the Tormach stand and be done with it.

[proengines]

I made up a steel stand for mine, probably a bit costly to have the deluxe stand shipped to Australia otherwise I would have just bought it.

I had chips going everywhere so I enclosed the sides and around the corner at the front a bit. It's just a 20mm angle iron frame with some 2mm clear vinyl sheet hanging from it so I can flip it up to clean out the chips.

I haven't tried it yet but I'm sure it will keep the chips inside.







Sorry, this wasn't meant to be a thread hijack!

Cheers,
Greg

P.S. yes, I did have to cut the right hand side of the coolant tray so the x-axis stepper motor wouldn't crash into it (serious design flaw)