I'm real curious about how this proves out over time. My projects using 80/20 extrusions have mostly used the blind connectors and gusset plates, not the angle brackets. 80/20 technical documents indicated that the blind connectors were the strongest, which is surprising considering they're also the cheapest.
Can you explain? The video clearly shows bumpy y-axis movement as the gantry travels over previously routed material. As soon as a rigid frame is there, that doesn't happen? If there are dips and rises in height you are bound to see less z-axis accuracy.
He just needs to move his wheels to avoid the bumping on the z axis. Doing it this way the xbeam is unsupported so he’ll get variables in the z axis height and the angle of the cutter. It’s just not designed to work this way and it’ll flex. He trying to use it like a traditional cnc but they are heavy duty to resist against flexing, the SmartBench needs to roll on the surface of the material to maintain accuracy.
Very keen to see more of this I have a smartbench and looking to do something like this
I'm real curious about how this proves out over time. My projects using 80/20 extrusions have mostly used the blind connectors and gusset plates, not the angle brackets. 80/20 technical documents indicated that the blind connectors were the strongest, which is surprising considering they're also the cheapest.
John do you happen to make molds for people? I would like to hire you to make a mold for me for use with a buster beagle injection device if possible.
Why not just put 1.5 mdf board as your spoil board !!!
Weird design. They must have done that to save costs - but boy does it like to flop around.
I dont think you understand how this machine works. Your accuracy in the z axis is going to be degraded with that there.
Can you explain? The video clearly shows bumpy y-axis movement as the gantry travels over previously routed material. As soon as a rigid frame is there, that doesn't happen? If there are dips and rises in height you are bound to see less z-axis accuracy.
He just needs to move his wheels to avoid the bumping on the z axis.
Doing it this way the xbeam is unsupported so he’ll get variables in the z axis height and the angle of the cutter.
It’s just not designed to work this way and it’ll flex.
He trying to use it like a traditional cnc but they are heavy duty to resist against flexing, the SmartBench needs to roll on the surface of the material to maintain accuracy.