Well, remembered to measure my spare door today...and it's 36". Which according to the calculator means I could get 26" of working area out of it...so big enough to fit 20" sheets. Hmmm....Would be kind of neat to build it wide enough to do a bit more than 60" wide and cut two sheets at once.....
So maybe using that door is worth looking into. I also looked for rails today but didn't have my calipers with me so wasn't able to actually measure anything. Got a lead on a few local metal suppliers I can call this week to get quotes from though.
Printing is almost done. The last "big piece" is about 2 hours from finishing. Then I just need to do the last set of big spacers and tension cones...and a last set of wheels Bearings should be here tomorrow so will probably have it fully assembled other than tubes/motors/electronics/belts this week. Will be a few more weeks until I can get the rest of the bits though.
Looking at the parts though...I found it odd that two of the supports on the 611 plate are cut out to fit the 611 router...why not just center the router? I don't really see any good reason for doing it the way Ryan has...I may have to ask him about that.
I also noticed...there's a lot of open area on the 611 plate. What if...instead of removing the 611 and mounting the "enterprise edition" cutter in the 611 hole....what if you just mounted a more standard cutter right to the plate and used the plate itself as the insulator. Well, one issue there is the plate is currently just MDF and I wouldn't trust MDF to hold the guide. But I can cut a plate from ply and use that instead.
The cutter looks like it could fit:
That's mounted where the holes are for a second motor which Ryan drew in but later decided wasn't necessary. But I'm not sure if it would clear the rails in that position. May have to add some holes closer to the edge. Could easily do a version of the cutter without a mount and just add some m3 mounting holes in the base instead.....
Hmmm....may have to fire up onshape tonight and do some experimenting....
So maybe using that door is worth looking into. I also looked for rails today but didn't have my calipers with me so wasn't able to actually measure anything. Got a lead on a few local metal suppliers I can call this week to get quotes from though.
Printing is almost done. The last "big piece" is about 2 hours from finishing. Then I just need to do the last set of big spacers and tension cones...and a last set of wheels Bearings should be here tomorrow so will probably have it fully assembled other than tubes/motors/electronics/belts this week. Will be a few more weeks until I can get the rest of the bits though.
Looking at the parts though...I found it odd that two of the supports on the 611 plate are cut out to fit the 611 router...why not just center the router? I don't really see any good reason for doing it the way Ryan has...I may have to ask him about that.
I also noticed...there's a lot of open area on the 611 plate. What if...instead of removing the 611 and mounting the "enterprise edition" cutter in the 611 hole....what if you just mounted a more standard cutter right to the plate and used the plate itself as the insulator. Well, one issue there is the plate is currently just MDF and I wouldn't trust MDF to hold the guide. But I can cut a plate from ply and use that instead.
The cutter looks like it could fit:
That's mounted where the holes are for a second motor which Ryan drew in but later decided wasn't necessary. But I'm not sure if it would clear the rails in that position. May have to add some holes closer to the edge. Could easily do a version of the cutter without a mount and just add some m3 mounting holes in the base instead.....
Hmmm....may have to fire up onshape tonight and do some experimenting....