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Gallery
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Solsylva™ based machines shared by builders.There are links to videos with some of the pictures. ..............
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 Richard built this 25 x 37 machine and intends to use it for inlay work. Note the strip of walnut in the gantry beam. |
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 M. Boyd Raska's table is an original design that uses the 25 x 37 table's Z carriage and rail system. His table uses Stepper World's 80 oz.in. steppers which can only make shallow passes at 10 ipm. The Xylotex 269 oz.in. package will be used in his next machine. |
 Update: Mr. Raska 's next machine is based on the 25 x 37 table. It has an open front and stands on full length legs. The 269's give 60 ipm rapids. |
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 Steven in New Zealand made this 25 x 37 table. "With this project the first task was to convert the imperial measurements in the plans to metric as I find them easier to deal with! Construction was quite fast using spare weekend time. The most time was spent acquiring the parts. The case for the computer was designed to be dust free and the cooling fans are set up to create a positive pressure in the case. Air is sucked in through a filter at the bottom and vents out under the board protruding at the top left. A clear plastic sheet, held on with |
 magnets spans the opening in front of the drive box & CPU case (hard to see in photo). The keyboard is fixed onto the board and simply folds down and closes with the cabinet doors. To protect the plastic sheet in front of the screen I attached a hinged board for when the machine is not in use. It also seems to work well as an adjustable glare shield. The stop buttons (& the silver start buttons) operate the the E-Stop in Mach3 and the router directly." |
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| L.G. built this table that uses Z and Y axes based on the smaller tables, but the machine uses a moving X axis. | Another version under
construction by L.G. that uses square tube and double rails for the X
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 Two more versions made by L.G. The one above is the small dual leadscrew table and the one on the right is a smaller version of the large dual leadscrew table. |
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| Don's table has an X cutting length of 4 feet and the gantry is made of steel tubing. It can rapid at 40 ipm and cuts 1/4 inch balsa at 20 ipm. | Here is an example of some of
his work, and here is his link http://www.eurekaaircraft.com/ |
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 Mark's table has a 49 inch X cutting length. It can rapid at 50 ipm since he tensioned the leadscrews and used his own drives. Mark's site is picobotics.com; it is currently down. The above photo is of his control box. |
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 Doug's leadscrew protector made of PVC; on the right is a picture of the guard pipe being cut with a band saw. |
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 Shane made a table of aluminum and plastic. Note the built-in computer cabinet. He upgraded the leadscrews to get better speeds. |
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 Mr. Miller made the 13 x 13 machine as an introduction to CNC; he used the Xylotex 425 oz.in. steppers which will be reused in a larger machine. |
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 Marty's 25 x 37 table upends on casters for storage. |
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Mr. Passuello in New Zealand based his design on the 25 x 37 machine but placed the leadscrew underneath the table. The single 10 mm leadscrew gives good speeds and permits the end-board of the table to be removed. A torsion box for the gantry, and steel bracing on the X axis stiffen the machine for the conversion. The wooden channel behind the gantry keeps the cables under control. |
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 JM built the 25 x 37 table and installed this vacuum system that is attached to the carriage's tension rods. |
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 JH in Brazil built the 25 x 37 machine that uses cables instead of leadscrews on the X axis. |
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 Don is using hardwoods and Acme for the 25 x 37 machine. Here is a video he posted of a test run. Video http://www.niteowlguitars.com |
 The image above shows the attachment of the Acme nut to the Z axis. |
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 JLS in Mexico used the Xylotex 425s with large dampers on his 25 x 37 table. |
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 Scot Bogart based his table on the 25 x 37 machine; he used oak on the gantry and carriage. The machine uses Allthread screws and rapids at 70 ipm with Geckos. |
 Here are his Gecko G203V drives and the CNC4PC C11G breakout board with charge pump and 8A AC relay. His photo gallery is here. |
 Jeff W. made this version of the belt drive table. The base is an MDF torsion box with four inch ribs spaced at six inches. |
 The entire table rides on locking casters. He built the table low so bit changes could be done from a rolling work stool. |
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 Matt McGee made this 4' X 3' X 7" Belt Drive machine. He said he combined two of his favorite childhood toys, the Erector Set, and the Etch-A-Sketch. |
 Here is a link to a YouTube video that Matt posted. Video |
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 Here is a YouTube video that was posted by Cncron who built the Belt Drive table. Video |
 Here is a YouTube video of a guitar being carved with the 25 x 37 machine. Video Here is a link to his cnc router page. www.cncguitar.org |
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 Here is a link to a YouTube video by Gregg Zurek. Video |
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