Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC Cart.

Ron Kline wrote:

>Hi
>I have my mill working but I'm finding that the shop cart sitting next
>to my machine with the computer ,monitor, keyboard ,mouse, power supply,
>drivers, speakers and disks is getting in the way and when I cut on high
>RPM the chips fly every where and get into things that they shouldn't .
>Have any of you built a cart for all this " STUFF " that you liked and
>would be willing to share with the rest of us ???
>
>

I have a 19" rack cabinet to the right side of the machine. I made up a
bracket
that bolts to the right side of the Bridgeport base that takes one of those
computer monitor-keyboard swing arms. So, the monitor and keyboard are
on an arm that can swing and elevate out of the way, but always be
fairly convenient.
The computer, servo drives, power supply, etc. are all in the rack.
There was enough
space left to put a big drawer on top. It holds the drill indexes,
tapping head, calipers,
vee blocks, parallels, dial test indicator on an indicol, and similar
precision stuff.
I got a plastic toolholder at the hardware store that is normally sold
to hold wrenches,
pliers, screwdrivers, etc on a pegboard. I mounted it to the side of
the rack,
and it holds a bunch of the most common R-8 arbors, drill chucks and end
mill
holders, and a collet with the edge finder. It makes a very convenient
workstation
for the mill. I need to make some new pictures of this setup.

I have a sheet of Plexiglas to protect the side and top of the monitor
from coolant
and chips. I got a molded-to-fit keyboard protector for the keyboard
that has kept
lots of hot chips and junk out of the keyboard.

Jon