Been a while Debby ! But you never disappoint ! that will be a really good Mill INDEED !!!! I can't wait to see How you tackle the motor and mill-end interface.... Very smart giving yourself a large table, now you'll be able to shave down engine heads that are warped, you may have enough room to bore an engine for bigger pistons ! LOL.... you are going to need alot of set-up tools, like hold-down clamps ,ramp blocks etc,etc.... so in your spare time make a video on making them as well ! WELL DONE AGAIN !!!!
Now that would be the most practical idea you have to use those linear rails for the Z axis if it was intended to use it for CNC work....so many commercial mills with dovetail slides on the Z axis always fail to perform well in that area when they try to move them due to the friction from the massive head weight. However, it is mostly for CNC use, where the head is constantly moving up and down, that linear rails are used.....in manual mills the head is positioned on the column and locked so dovetail or box ways are better in that format.......manual mills are also designed to take heavier cuts per move as opposed to many lighter cuts in CNC mode where the slides are in constant movement, so linear rails are not all that well suited for a manual mill configuration. The X axis on the table really does need to have the constant slide contact area as you have it to prevent vibration etc.
Debby, I wont ask for more videos, but I would like to know if you completed your milling machine, you worked very hard on it. I know your proud of it and should be.
Sir i am watch your all videos such a amazing content and your headwork I am also try to make the kind of stuff in future because now I am only 18 year old
Hi Debby. Excellent work, you absolutely inspired me. Can you help me where can I buy those really big sliding blocks and rails as yours are? Your help would be much appreciated.
saya senang sekali melihat videonya... sangat mengispirasi, dan saya mencoba untuk membuatnya tapi belum bisa desainnya, apakah saya boleh meminta desain nya ?
Hello as are you sure the z column is in square with y column.. I think this machine have a geometry not accurate.... Beautiful project but about the precision?
before I uploaded it to RU-vid, I was looking for the exact details, don't hesitate, in this video I share knowledge and models that can be made by all viewers
i would like to see the accuracy when completed. haven't seen any surface scrapping/grinding operation, not even milled surfaces, no surface plate, no straigth edge, no comparator. not a single precision measuring tool besides carpenter's square. if the machine is perpendicular it will be a miracle. This gives me so much stress, considering the volume of materials used and the bearings, leadscrew, etc. why bother spending time and money on a project if there is no precision in the end ? Well at least you can cut, weld, drill, and assemble thick steel pieces together, result look nice from a far distance, and i really think this thing will be stable and strong, but machining is all about precision. the slightest deviation in a lathe alignment and you can never make cylindrical parts, and the lathe will scream its agony everytime you power it on and try cutting anything, here we talk about 3 perpendicular axis, plus one spindle that needs to be as true as possible. you have installed the linear rails on bare butchered metal plates, and i do not mention the multiple angle grinder flap disc passes, if these plates had any trace of parallellism, then it should be gone to oblivion, every single one of them. Holes are drilled on the fly with a hand drill. man you have sinned on every aspect of the building of a mill.
He doesn't wear gloves or shoes, so what. I'll tell you this much, he is making a mill. With this mill he can make a more precise mill if he so chooses . I doubt he is making parts for NASA. He can do better than many with "precision" tools
Though I completely agree on the precision part, you almost have to be amazed with what a man with simple hand tools can make! You have to start somewhere and to even start such a difficult project with only a grinder and a welder is an accomplishment on its own. Yes it probably won't be the most accurate (to put it kindly) but this mill will greatly further the capacities of this man's workshop!
@@lennarthoek8392 I totally agree with you. But a mill is a mill and not a welding table. Search for Alex CNC here, a buddy of mine, he build a VMC...a precise one...😉
