Still no chips yet, but more progress. Made the stand (well, part of it), and attached the spindle motor. The stand will house all the electrical, and coolant tank. Will probably have drawers or shelves too, for storage. There will be four more vertical post, (2 front, 2 rear) giving more support, and dividing the electrical, coolant, and storage compartments. I ran out of material, so it just didn't get done this time around. Took a short video of the roadrunner/coyote code running. I bumped the feed up 200 ipm. I tried it maxed out at 270ipm@45,000hz, with the acceleration maxed out, but the gecko's didn't like that.
With the acceleration tweaked, 300+ ipm would not be hard to achieve at all. That's about 200 ipm more than what I need, or want, and at the first sign not having enough torque, I'll be incorporating a drive reduction. The Z axis motor did not seem to show any weakness at all lifting the 130 pound head at 200 IPM. I was quiet shocked at that. Still gotta find me a good (cheap) source for some lead shot to make a counterbalance. All in due time, I suppose.
http://www.hillbillyhilton.com/vid/DDvid.wmv