PTO X-Carve

Well not my first ( I used the 2d drawings from inventables for the clamps to make a couple of clamps) but the most in-depth and coolest one to date. I designed a hat and mitten rack for a friends children in SolidWorks, it provides 10 hangers per child for gloves, mittens, boots, or hats. It was designed around the constraints that it must all be machined from one 31" x 31" piece of wood. This includes the two halves and the base or feet. The two halves interlock to form what looks like a tree and that allows it to be small while having plenty of space for all of the drying needs of two small children. V Carve Pro 7.0 is used for creating the code for my x carve to run in Mach4 I spaced out all the pieces in Solid Works by 7.5 mm to insure a 1/4 end mill could pass between all the parts without nicking and damaging any of the parts. I then used 1/4  Yonico end mill at 30ipm with a step down of 1.0 mm and a 40% step over to profile all of the pieces. I also used th

I followed these steps: for the X and Y using the same shinwa machinist rule  and an engraving bit: I used a dial indicator to calibrate my Z axis as in this video I then calculated the change from the measured vs actual that I came up with from the initial setup and changed my settings in Mach4. I have not had to re-calibrate since I originally setup my X-Carve but I have also not pushed it too hard as of this point.

The mechanical assembly only took a few nights after work to do the initial frame and sub assemblies.  I watched the videos and read through the portions of the instructions from inventables  that I purchased and would need. It went very well I did not have any issues, so follow these and watch the videos for your build ( side note I am a mechanical designer for an automation company, so I make similar designs and make drawings for this type of stuff, obviously not exactly but similar)  I downloaded the model on grab cad   so I had also seen every part in CAD  and could reference that if I needed more detail. I built my own waste board measured and drilled over 150 holes and bought the inserts from inventables  instead of using the inventables kit. I purchased yonico bits off of amazon because of posts on the forum   and the 1/2 and 3/4 plunge bits from MLCS I am not a huge fan of electrical design and assembly but I compiled my power supplies, Stepper motor drivers,

I took advantage of the  https://www.inventables.com/  black friday deal ($100 off core components and you get a $50 gift certificate)  to put together a 1000mm X-Carve with my own controls. From inventables I got the:   X-Carve   X-Carve 1000mm Rail Kit   X-Carve 1000mm Wiring Kit   X-Carve 1000mm Drag Chain Kit   X-Carve Limit Switch Kit   Dewalt mount   Acme Z screw   GT2 pulleys   Waste board inserts   E-Stops auxiliary and panel mount   Panel connectors / Power entry module   Some  engraving  bits  I already had a PC with a MACH4   license for motion and a HICON  for step and direction.