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- Nov 29, 2014
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It all started with my looking to replace the small shield on my Mini Mill with something larger and better protection and chip containment.
I’m doing manual milling and the CNC cabinets just would not work with the lack of access to the control handles/wheels. The larger shields that I’ve seen others design are definitely better than what I had but I still felt that they were lacking, especially in chip containment. Where I looked around the web for solutions, I found where a number of people were mounting a box on their table top. This seemed to be the best concept to me, one I looked at was by (Aerowell – Table Top Mill Enclosure) but was for larger milling machines and the design was for flood coolant.
As I broke out my tape measure and started taking measurements of my machine and its milling capabilities this design evolved. One area of the box that was hard to calculate was the back shield height. The back area has a 4” high aluminum area for milling close to the table top and removable 6” high polycarbonate shield that can be moved up as needed.
So here is what I came up with, included is my simplified work sheet and design measurements. I didn’t calculated the exact cost of the material but it’s defiantly under $100.00
I’m doing manual milling and the CNC cabinets just would not work with the lack of access to the control handles/wheels. The larger shields that I’ve seen others design are definitely better than what I had but I still felt that they were lacking, especially in chip containment. Where I looked around the web for solutions, I found where a number of people were mounting a box on their table top. This seemed to be the best concept to me, one I looked at was by (Aerowell – Table Top Mill Enclosure) but was for larger milling machines and the design was for flood coolant.
As I broke out my tape measure and started taking measurements of my machine and its milling capabilities this design evolved. One area of the box that was hard to calculate was the back shield height. The back area has a 4” high aluminum area for milling close to the table top and removable 6” high polycarbonate shield that can be moved up as needed.
So here is what I came up with, included is my simplified work sheet and design measurements. I didn’t calculated the exact cost of the material but it’s defiantly under $100.00