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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Seeking guidance on router-lathe automation project
« on: March 25, 2016, 10:33:49 AM »
Michael - thank you for taking the time to write this detailed response. A lot of invaluable advice here. I especially appreciate your thoughts on POWER, RIGIDITY, ACCURACY, homing switch, user manual, etc. This purpose built machine is far from a general purpose router-lathe - e.g. the 2 sled mounted routers both move in only one dimension and are designed for only a single operation - which does not remove a huge amount of material. There is also no need for precision in coordinating the turntable rotation with the sled movement in this application. My design concept has evolved a bit since my original post - I'm now going with Mach4 and a smoothstepper board to control the steppers on the linear actuators that move the router sleds. I'm actively working on the mechanical detail design now with the aid of sketchup. Again, I really appreciate the guidance. Tom