Re: Hot rolled router frame: added note

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "dakota8833 <dakota8833@b...>"
<dakota8833@b...> wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Leslie M. Watts"
> <leswatts@a...> wrote:
> > Yes, I think you are on the right track. You could attach pad
> support points
> > to the tubing and then mill just the points flat- averting stress
> induced
> > warpage
> > since you are not machining the tubing itself.
> >
> > I did find the previous message about grouting pads
> > on tubing in my archives so I will include it here with
> > some added comments:
> > ----------------------------------------------

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> I used hot rolled on my cnc router, drilled all the holes, welded
> everything up and then used epoxy for my rail base. I set a waxed
> precision level into the epoxy. This was done first across the ends

of

> the two parallels , then down the length of each tube. This gave me

a

> +- .001 ready surface for rails. Picts of the manchine are at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EMC/ Under photos in the

cncrouter folder.

>
> Frank