Re: 18ft Router

Here is a link to a large 5 axis. But could do something similer in
concrete for a router. http://www.janicki.com/

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Neil Gillies <neil@i...> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've made some test bases for (smallish) machines in concrete as an
> experiment - very cheap, as is the shuttering (I used granite dust
> rather than gravel mix as it was smoother).
> Some steel strengthening dropped in during manufacture will be
> necessary - I used chicken wire, but some structural steel from a
> builders merchant would be better suited at 18 feet.
>
> Specialised shuttering can be cut from blue foam - indeed, if you can
> access a cnc foamcutter, the world is your oyster (or router even :-))
>
> Like the idea of rack and pinion at this size - other option is
toothed
> belt cut and laid out flat as the rack. I assume that you have looked
> at the shopbot machine - IMHO VERY elegant thinking
> (http://www.shopbot.com). Aeronaut Automation in Australia do large
> format cutter/routers using a similar princiole (but a bit more
elegant
> :-) http://www.aeronautauto.com/
>
> Cheers
>
> Neil
>
>
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> ___
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> Neil D. Gillies Tel: +44
> (0)1383-823489
> iGull Technologies Mobile: +44
> (0)771-4330793
> 11 River View
> neil@i...
> Dalgety Bay, Fife
> http://www.igull.co.uk
> Scotland KY11 9YE
> http://www.sea-gull.demon.co.uk