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Finished the dust collector boot for the cnc router

I completed the design of the cnc router dust collector boot if Fusion 360.

I printed it on the Bambu P2S 3D printer. It took 14 hours to complete the print but it did come out very nice.

it print has a great deal of support that will need to be removed.

A quick […]

Getting close to finishing the cnc router

The cnc router is finally almost finished. The discharge piping is in and going outside to the dust collector. all the adapters are made for the inside of the cabinet and the piping inside of the building.

The dust collector boot has been modeled and is currently set up for the hose that I […]

Shop Update- The CNC Router

This is a saga of the CNC router. The router was built here in the shop and it was used to make the stock and handguards for the VG1-5. 5 years ago I was running a batch of parts and hit an over travel stop. When this happen I just shut off the machine as […]

Working on the cnc router.

It has been a while since I have done any work on the cnc router. Now with the wood shop termite issue coming to an end I have started back at it. When we last left off with it I had just found that the router that came with it had a bent spindle and […]

More VG1-5 updates

With the completion of the mechanical portions of the cnc router it the computer portions have been being worked on. The router original used a Mach 3 operating system with an older style break out board. We upgraded the computer systems and well as the mechanical systems and have a real issue ever since. Wally, […]

More work on the cnc router

The majority of the mechanical work on the router is completed. Now comes the aggravating part, and that is getting the computer to correctly operate it.

Wally, a friend of gun lab, just spent part of his Sunday helping to get it operational.

There are a number of issues that have to be addressed. Starting […]

More on the CNC router

The making of the new Z axis.

Starting with the solid models. You can see the entire assembly. Front and

 

This solid model shows the changes that we have made.

Pins to maintain alignment, lower bearing for the screw support.

The new upper housing

Now on to the actual nuts and […]

CNC router update

Over the last few weekend I have been working on trying to get the CNC router completed thus allowing me to finish the stocks and hand guards for the VG1-5 rifle. For every step forward there seems to have been 3 steps back. It is hard to believe that it has been over a year […]

Working on the CNC router

A large part of this weekend was spent working on the cnc router. I finished the connectors and hooked them up at the connector board that I made.

The motor control circuits were then wired up.

The wiring from the out side of the connector box were hooked up.

All new wiring and air was […]

Weekend update for 4th of July

Like all weekends I started out with a list that I could not possibly get done in the time frame allotted.

There were projects that I have been wanting to accomplish that are fun. Some of the things I needed to finish were under the direction of the commander in chief of the house. Some […]