[luv2ride]

Doors are mounted with a set of heavy duty stainless drawer slides. The drawer slides are covered by the doors when closed. So chips and coolant shouldn't be a huge issue.

That is the ticket right there! I am using soft close slides and that will work perfectly for mine! Thanks.

[mioduz]

Powder coated and about 80 % reassembled now
Attachment 247014

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[BAMCNC.COM]

Looks great! Just needs a nice green and black sticker on it

[nitewatchman]

Really looks GREAT!

I decided to buy the Tormach Enclosure, we can not afford to take the machine out of service long enough to build an enclosure plus an enclosure of the quality you have made is outside my capabilities.

I am however interested in your use of drawer slides. The door slide or "drag" mechanism of the Tormach leaves room for improvement.

nitewatchman

[mioduz]

Looks great! Just needs a nice green and black sticker on it

I'll trade ya stickers

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[mioduz]

Really looks GREAT!

I decided to buy the Tormach Enclosure, we can not afford to take the machine out of service long enough to build an enclosure plus an enclosure of the quality you have made is outside my capabilities.

I am however interested in your use of drawer slides. The door slide or "drag" mechanism of the Tormach leaves room for improvement.

nitewatchman

Thanks. It was a ton of design time. I don't think tormach enclosure will work in my location due to height restrictions. Also I feel their price is a bit inflated


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[tmarks11]

Also I feel their price is a bit inflated

How much did it run you to get all the work done?

Nice job, looks very professional.

[mioduz]

How much did it run you to get all the work done?

Nice job, looks very professional.

came to about 1k in materials. Once it's all done I'm thinking about offering the plans for sale so you guys have an alternative to the tormach. next project is to mount a monitor/keyboard station

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[BAMCNC.COM]

You'll get a sticker with your TKMB Pen

[tmarks11]

came to about 1k in materials.

Cheaper than I thought, looks very pro built.

Once it's all done I'm thinking about offering the plans for sale

Count me in.

[jcposada]

I'm in for The plans when you maje them available. Looks great.

[Steve Seebold]

There was some interest from you guys in my previous post on the enclosure I'm building. Picked up all the parts from the fabricator today. The right side panel was not scaled correctly so I am waiting on a replacement. So far this is all I have done.


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I see something that I don't understand why you did it that way. Your side windows are just that, windows. Sometimes I make parts on my machine that that are up to 6 feet long. With your window arrangement, you can't do that.

I have the Tormach enclosure and it has side windows that open up to allow parts to hang off the end of the table.

[mioduz]

I see something that I don't understand why you did it that way. Your side windows are just that, windows. Sometimes I make parts on my machine that that are up to 6 feet long. With your window arrangement, you can't do that.

I have the Tormach enclosure and it has side windows that open up to allow parts to hang off the end of the table.

I have never machined anything that hangs off my table that much.....not sure I would ever. But I do have a 4th axis and made a port in the one side to allow for long stock to be loaded. See here:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/tormac...ml#post1549820

[mikemaat]

What gauge steel did you decide to go with?

Also, as a tip for anyone else wanting to build their own, use "nutserts" instead of nuts. They rivet into the holes and provide a nice deep threaded hole.

[mioduz]

What gauge steel did you decide to go with?

Also, as a tip for anyone else wanting to build their own, use "nutserts" instead of nuts. They rivet into the holes and provide a nice deep threaded hole.

16 ga steel

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[BAMCNC.COM]

nutserts! I was trying to think of the name the other day, thanks!

[kstrauss]

I've often used PEM nuts (PennEngineering: PEM Fasteners )

[Spinnetti]

The "nutserts", commonly known as "Rivnuts" (a brand name) are available cheap on ebay... I just got a bunch for a car project.

[dneisler]

Did you ever finish or do the plans? I would be interested like the others.

[mioduz]

Did you ever finish or do the plans? I would be interested like the others.

Yes it's finished and works great but it's for sale now as I need much faster machines

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