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Sunday, April 12, 2020

CubeXY Fabrication Part 1

Most of the 3D printed parts have been printed. All done on my Wanhao I3. Here's a pic of most of the parts that have been fabricated so far:

Apologies for the stained garage floor
The following is a picture of one of the top front rod holder/pulley blocks having one of its pockets CNC milled. Turns out ProTrak mill programming is like riding a bicycle.


If you look closely at the vise, you'll see two black vise blocks. These were 3D printed solid, and have a cylinder boss that interfaces with the 12mm rod holes. They allowed me to align the part. I then used a gauge to pick up the inside of the other 12mm hole, the center of which became my zero.

The last few 3D printed parts are currently printing:


The following picture series shows modifications to the acrylic shell.

Taped-on paper template + coping saw
Finished screen hole. Used a file to clean up edges
Test fitting the bezel
Screen and bezel installed!
Letters glued on
Template for power socket
Power socket installed. I actually cut out the corners shown in the
previous picture so I could orient the socket the other way around.
Left to fabricate:
  • CNC mill Y-axis pulley blocks
  • CNC mill X plate
  • CNC mill bed plate
  • Turn brass melt-in insert soldering iron tips
  • Drilling and installing melt inserts
  • Wiring
After that, lots of assembly. 

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