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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 04:07:14 PM »

Any idea the make of the ones you have? Mine are by Tru Opto but no mention of whether they are waterproof or not. Was thinking at the time that they would be good under the cover and was going to test them out to see but just that day  a guy came in with a nice twin tube head off a street sign so I cut a hole in the sliding covers lid and fitted that instead.

Hood

They are generic from the local electronics supply place so no branding sorry, i can tell you they are a meter long, run on 12v and cost about $40 US a strip - ouch!

If its fluorescents that you are talking about I would probably avoid them, the blasts converts the standard supply to a few thousand volts and they contain Mercury (the manufacture recommends burning your cloths if one smashes and your near it).

But then I read an article the other day that said that you guys (US) are putting Mercury in some of your vaccinations now, so the fluro mill lighting is probably the least of your worries.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 03:58:09 PM »

I think there is a lot more than three people following this thread.

I am just amazed at the speed and quality at which you are completing all this work. I guess you guys from the land's down under really know how to get stuck into the job.  

Keep it up, I can't wait for the next installment.

Excellent work my friend.

Tweakie.

We are moving pretty fast at the moment, this is about to come to an abrupt halt though, I just found out the ball screws are 2 1/2 weeks away and the smooth stepper is on back order so CNC4PC cant ship.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 03:47:45 PM »

To be "considered" in the same class as hood is an honor !  Hood is "da man"

JH

Just goes to show how easily the internet can fool people

Hood

Lol!

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 03:47:13 PM »

Nah, I was just teasing. I love your work as mentioned before, and will continue to follow it for sure as I'm learning quite a bit.

Sometimes my brand of humor isn't best had over the internet 

Quick question, I'm guessing those LED's ar indeed waterproof since they're used for under car lighting?

Thanks,
Dave

You got it, they are submersible.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 03:11:02 PM »

My thoughts are if Hood and JHChoppers think it looks good then it looks good, for the rest of you out there if this part don't look good then there is something wrong with you.

Actually, with that comment, you just lost me  

No offense my friend, I only mentioned those two by name because I've been following there work.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 06:06:12 AM »

Having had such a productive day I thought id go spend one more hour working on this thing before bed, I have not received a lot of feedback from the three of you (assuming there are still three of you) following this thread so I don't know if I'm doing this build right wrong or otherwise. My thoughts are if Hood and JHChoppers think it looks good then it looks good, for the rest of you out there if this part don't look good then there is something wrong with you.

Wiring and mounting of the LED lighting panel:



Yes I did, you know you wana see it working:



Well what do you think?

the gap above the door is for the rubber seal, the gap below will have the mpg setup - got some great ideas for this.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 05:55:34 AM »

I had to bribe the guy at the laser cutting place to cut it for me today but it was worth it, i got the front door cut, folded and clamped this afternoon.



and just because it looks so good heres another view:

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 05:50:24 AM »

Next came more work on the rack system, as you can see the rails are adjustable depending on the equipment being mounted. I know i have mentioned it already but this type of mounting system really is the only way to go.



Another shot from the front (the black plate is just being used to make sure everything lines up.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 05:44:25 AM »

The next thing as previously mentioned was to get the top cabined mounted on top of the coolant trey, again I'm not sure why i wrapped it around the coolant trey, i think it may have been a cosmetics thing you know trying to hide joins and things. Anyway it was never going to work, I had to re cut the internal wall but to be honest I'm much happier.

I still have to finish bolting everything down but this is how it sits now:

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 10, 2010, 05:37:45 AM »

Today was my first full day in ages working on my Lathe and i got a bunch of pics to prove it.

If you ask me you can never have to much lighting on a CNC machine, while i was shopping the other day i came across some LED strip lighting the street racers use for under there cars, that evolved into this:







Should do a great job especially with the cabinet being a highly reflective white.