Are you building an enclosure for the rf45?

I'm building one for mine right now, and would love to see other designs

Yes i am, im a few days away from having the bulk of it together too, i'm supposed to pick up some parts from the laser cutter today, ill post a couple of teasers when i get a sec.

Please do! I bought all the metal, but haven't started yet...

The Industrial hobbies forum is great over at CNC zone. It's basically a rf45 style mill.

Yeah i follow it but prefer the smaller community over here for posting, GD marsh has been a big source for inspiration.

Get any pics uploaded yet of rf45 enclosure?

there is a hell of a lot of work in this, i finally got it painted (today), im really happy with how it has turned out, same paint as the lathe, more soon.

Looks good so far.

Dan

thx

A bit of an expination:
The pedistals are cut to the same site as the foot on the base of the mill, these were first bolted to the mill then welded in place (1" bar), I assume by doing this I am not loosing any rigidity (minimal) my tests confirm this. This allows all of the chips and coolant to exit under the mill, i was originally going to have a chip bin simalar to the lathe but am rethinking this (think GDmarsh), the feet on the base are more for peace of mind, my vice weigh in at just under 90lbs an i normally keep my 4th axit bolted up as well, i figured if i ever got a good size part way out on the X+ the center of gravity hight and the wheels on the bottom may allow her to topple. I will have adjustable feet on the tips for leveling the machine also.

hope this makes sense.

I like your chip bin solution on the lathe and I have considered it for my 9x20 lathe, but I was afraid of losing rigidity so will have to manually remove the chip each time

Dan