Team Triforce Featherweight drum

[TechAUmNu]

We got accepted for Insomnia! So now the epic panic build begins. We called the bot 'Elevate'

Before we can even begin to make the aluminium frame we need to finish building our new cnc mill (which is rather massive) so I spent the whole day assembling it.

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We are using hiwin linear rails this time, of course the bolt heads don't quite fit. So had to machine 60 bolts to have very slightly thinner heads.
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Once the bolts were done I mounted the rails on the extrusion. This is really easy since it all self aligns to the rails (assuming they are actually straight!) This works for the X and Y axis.

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The Z axis will be mounted on a big plate of aluminium I have from the last mill. Need to get somewhere to put a bunch of holes in it!