Thursday, September 09, 2010

New Y Axis Rail

Monday, 01 March 2010 14:56 Last Updated on Monday, 01 March 2010 15:14 Written by Jamie

I was getting some flex in my Y Axis (believe it or not with those beefy aluminum extrisions) It was actually twisting... So I had to beef it up a bit with some 1/4" steel bar - here's how I grinded a 45 degree chamfer on the steel for my wheels to roll on!

Basically I mounted my angle grinder in my Z Axis and mounted it at a 45 degree angle. Then I made sure that the stel bar was exactly straight down the axis and then ran the grinder back and forth , lowering it little by little (remmeber I have some flexing) :)

What I ended up with was pretty good - not exactly perfect but it will work good for now - and there's not a bit of flex that I can produce in the rail at all now! :)

Here's a few pictures and a video...

The video is here (Right-click and "Save as")

Disclaimer

Some of the things shown on this site are very dangerous and should not be attempted unless you know all of the risks involved. To add, I don't always take the necessary precautions that I should, so just because you see me do something, does not mean it's safe, and I'm suggesting that you DO NOT attempt these things unless you do your due dilligence research and know all of the potential risks.