my turn for a cnc machine build thread..... sic fab style

[SICFabrications]

it is a torchmate kit, but we changed their design a lil to allow for ALOT more production as well as to be ale to add a water bed for it as time will allow...

[SICFabrications]

the rolling cutting table is mounted on a track system so i can roll it out load a sheet, roll it in, cut it, roll it out etc... 5 x 10 sheets get a lil heavy, especially when ya have 78 sheets all 1/4 inch to cut out (pics of that job to follow in another thread)

[SICFabrications]

and........ some more pics.... we are using a thermal dynamics a-60 cutter on this table and will soon upgrade to an a-101 cutter....

[acourtjester]

Now how many of us would like to have that in their shop?????
what size motors die you use.
have fun
Tom

[Gadget]

You do everything big Stan, very nice work. You should be able to get decades worth of work out of that one.

[SICFabrications]

Hardest part was putting the cassette together and making the gantry. 40 hour build for a fact.

[brucer]

nice job stan.. wish i had a big enough shop for a table that size.. how much you end up having in it $ wise if you dont mind me asking..


Could you take some more pictures of the belt drive setup, particularly the lower part of it where it changes from the large belt gear to the pinion gear..


thanks

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circled the area I was talking about in my previous post..

I was trying to figure how I was going to do my gearing and get enough length, I think I can do it the way yours is real cheap.. just need a better side view of the assembly..

[acourtjester]

For those looking for timing belt pulleys and belts here is a site I’ve used before and they have many solutions.
Timing Belt Pulleys Taper Bushings Metric and Inch sizes MXL Belt Pulley XL L HTD3 HTD5 HTD10 T2.5 T5 T10 AT5 AT10
It take a little looking to find different things downloading the catalog pages for what you want helps. For price and stocked amount click on the blue catalog number like shown in the attached picture. This is on the web page not the PDF catalog page.

Have fun
Tom

[KHK]

Nice job Stan!! I am sure that it will pay for it's self in no time..

[SICFabrications]

gladly, brucer... total bill including my and other fellas time is around 5g for the robotics and cad/cam software, drivers, plc's and g-code software. close to 6g's in the table, but i built it ALOT heavier than required and the rolling table underneath cost a few pennies...



keith, its already paid for itself, just cutting the gussets out for the one mold.... just a few more molds to go