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Homemade base for desk top mill?
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Just build one, lot cheaper and you get what you want.
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There are a lot of DIY Bases on the web for the Tormach PCNC. Just search google. Pretty sure even the tormach site has plans on how to build one.
http://www.tormach.com/uploads/426/TD_DIY_StandDrawings_1212A-zip.html
I would not make it mobile though. That is not a mobile tool LOL.
Edit - Re-reading though you may not even have a pcnc?? My mistake - I have my RF30 on a mobile base made by jet. Has a small chip tray and a drain hole in it for coolant. I cut alum dry or with spray WD40 on it though - no coolant setup for it. I added a Jet HD mobile base to the Jet version of their base. $300 for the base/stand and $75 for the mobile base. Prob would have been $100 to just build one.
http://www.tormach.com/uploads/426/TD_DIY_StandDrawings_1212A-zip.html
I would not make it mobile though. That is not a mobile tool LOL.
Edit - Re-reading though you may not even have a pcnc?? My mistake - I have my RF30 on a mobile base made by jet. Has a small chip tray and a drain hole in it for coolant. I cut alum dry or with spray WD40 on it though - no coolant setup for it. I added a Jet HD mobile base to the Jet version of their base. $300 for the base/stand and $75 for the mobile base. Prob would have been $100 to just build one.
Mike,
Thank you. I had searched for homemade, but not DIY. Found some good info already. The wooden base I had not found on the Tormach website, so thank you. It does include base dimensions.
Bill,
I live in Eagle.
I'm going to buy an 1100 in the next few months, so I'm getting ready, making room in the garage routing some 220V, and thinking about a base coolant pump, etc. Steve's excellent "how I do it" thread pushed me over the edge toward a cnc machine, after weeks of research. I am looking forward to the new capabilities.
Thanks all,
kr
Thank you. I had searched for homemade, but not DIY. Found some good info already. The wooden base I had not found on the Tormach website, so thank you. It does include base dimensions.
Bill,
I live in Eagle.
I'm going to buy an 1100 in the next few months, so I'm getting ready, making room in the garage routing some 220V, and thinking about a base coolant pump, etc. Steve's excellent "how I do it" thread pushed me over the edge toward a cnc machine, after weeks of research. I am looking forward to the new capabilities.
Thanks all,
kr