Some progress

Last weekend, the mill base and the column were given away for milling and drilling. If all goes according to plan, i will finish the mill in a week or two. Yesterday, i finished the configuration of Mach3 on the cross-slide (y-axis). Mach 3 can really be a bit messy when it comes to setup, but now everything is running fine. The x-axis can now reference itself by a switch, soft limits are working, coordinate system is implemented. Axis scaling is configured correctly. Transporting the polymer concrete subassemblies was done with two steel bars attached to mounting/anchor screws on each part. All easy. I am happy to say that my weight calculation in CATIA was spot-on. Both parts are massive and heavy, but good to carry with two persons.

Meanwhile, enclosure planning is making progress. Stay tuned:-)

 Agenda for today: write test code for x axis repeatability test.