New build in Clapham, North Yorkshire, UK

More lessons to add for people wanting to build their MPCNC.

Lost nearly two days with issues printing the XYZ_Burly mount. I ran out of red PLA and moved to black PLA from the same supplier. Would the black filament work OK? Nope. I struggled and struggled to get it to print correctly and eventually had to move the extruder heat up to 210 and 65 on the bed, then it printed fine. Now Weds and I still have the Tool Mount to print (which is now being done) and one F-Roller which will be done in Red.

PSU’s have arrived, I got mine from Powersupplies Online in the UK. I went with a 24v - 150W unit and the nice lady explained to me that I didn’t need the expensive one, but suggested at 1/3 the price, given my issues before I brought two of them :slight_smile:

Also the steel tubes have arrived and are a lovely lacquered black which was not what I expected and look very nice and classy. Can steel tubes look classy? These were brought from Hardware Warehouse via Amazon. Again their support was excellent and they will provide the same finish on subsequent orders.

I managed to get Plywood, but after thinking hard I now realise I wanted it about 1000mm by 900mm, not 900mm x 600mm. Another challenge for the day.

I think I am only awaiting on

  • LCD display for the SKR motherboard. This was brought from eBay and should have been here Saturday or Monday, so far nothing.
  • Some heat shrink tubing
  • The 200mm threaded rod, due tomorrow.

Spindles have been investigated as well as other options. I wanted to cut layered foam and may decide to go with

  1. An oscillating knife,
  2. A hot knife.
  3. A Dremel - Not that likely but worth looking at. The foam cutting should not put any stress on the Dremel as it cuts at 30K RPM.
  4. A Makita router - RT0700 seems the most likely.

The hot knife might be the easiest but am rather concerned over toxic fumes from the cut.

Work is flat out, so even if everything was ready now. I’d have to wait for the weekend anyway.

I was tempted to do a video showing it being assembled, there are lots around but many gloss over little details. Being a muppet, these details are important to me.

Stay safe and all the best

Rob