Making use of some scrap materials to design and make a peculiar and unique gantry for the CNC machine. It performs better than expected!

If you would like to help Sam and me AND have a play with the 3D model of this machine have a look here: https://ko-fi.com/s/906751d449

Metalized epoxy guide: https://ko-fi.com/s/bb8cbd72e1

More videos on the CNC on our other channel FE4SuperNerds -    / @floweringelbow4supernerds  

Casting and making the z-axis video:    • Bigger castings, melting and making a...  

Tips on how to do actually good aluminium castings:    • Al Metal Casting: Tips for Making Goo...  

The spindle motor in the video is a Jianken JGL-100mm 3.2kw 24000rpm BT30 ATC. It has ceramic bearings and thus far seems very nice. We chose a 4 pole one, which has somewhat more torque at lower rpm than the 2 pole, but requires an 800Hz VFD. We will do a whole video on this spindle in the future. You can find them here: https://jianken.en.alibaba.com/ and if you do buy from them, message them and mention 'Flowering Elbow' - you should get a discount.

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