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Thanks, good input!
I will be reinforcing the plywood further with diagonal studs, this should help a lot with sideways strength, will probably do something similar to the "side plywood".
I'll also install the CI plates over the small opening rather than the large, then have the lighter granite over the larger span.
In other news, chaos in the workshop.
I was going to drill 2 threaded holes to be able to attach my vice onto one of the CI plates.
While doing this I thought it would be a good idea to have more holes on this plate, spread out with a 120mm(same measurement as the vice).
5 holes in and the belt between my Z stepper motor and Z-axis screw snapped so the machine is now stuck 60mm deep into the plate.
My temporary solution was to remove the motors and various other stuff in the way and then make up and extension to the Z-screw.
Now I can use my powerdrill or ratchet to raise and lower the machine at least, the CNC control can still do X and Y movements.
Will fix this permanently in a few weeks so didn't want to spend money on a new belt.
It's been way too hot so work has been slow but all the wooden parts has been planed flat and cut to length.
I'm a bit limited in clamps so could only do a few setups at a time.
This is the upper front and back piece, the other one is standing up in the top right corner.
Despite being as careful as possible when cutting everything, when gluing the entire top together I noticed it wasn't perfectly square.
I managed to get it back into square with a diagonal strap going across the top, once the glue has set it should be fun.
One of the CI plates and my granite plate(in the wooden box) is to the right.
I realized I hadn't really thought out how to insert the middle reinforcements, I didn't want to use the tiny dowels I had so will have to think of another solution.
I will be reinforcing the plywood further with diagonal studs, this should help a lot with sideways strength, will probably do something similar to the "side plywood".
I'll also install the CI plates over the small opening rather than the large, then have the lighter granite over the larger span.
In other news, chaos in the workshop.
I was going to drill 2 threaded holes to be able to attach my vice onto one of the CI plates.
While doing this I thought it would be a good idea to have more holes on this plate, spread out with a 120mm(same measurement as the vice).
5 holes in and the belt between my Z stepper motor and Z-axis screw snapped so the machine is now stuck 60mm deep into the plate.
My temporary solution was to remove the motors and various other stuff in the way and then make up and extension to the Z-screw.
Now I can use my powerdrill or ratchet to raise and lower the machine at least, the CNC control can still do X and Y movements.
Will fix this permanently in a few weeks so didn't want to spend money on a new belt.
It's been way too hot so work has been slow but all the wooden parts has been planed flat and cut to length.
I'm a bit limited in clamps so could only do a few setups at a time.
This is the upper front and back piece, the other one is standing up in the top right corner.
Despite being as careful as possible when cutting everything, when gluing the entire top together I noticed it wasn't perfectly square.
I managed to get it back into square with a diagonal strap going across the top, once the glue has set it should be fun.
One of the CI plates and my granite plate(in the wooden box) is to the right.
I realized I hadn't really thought out how to insert the middle reinforcements, I didn't want to use the tiny dowels I had so will have to think of another solution.
It was a pain in the bum adding an extra layer under 2 of my 3 bench tops after I had already been using it for a year or two, though I'm glad I did.
