made a bed/y carriage for the cnc tonight

and now, bed time

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no idea how I managed to mount one of the X rails 5.3mm too far back, but here we are

(it's probably my amazing welding abilities)
so that's *most* of the holes in this part done. still need to attach the Z ballscrew and servo bracket to it

the spindle mounts on a plate that will also have the rails for these bearing blocks, so they don't need to extend down any further than the current z position

(there are two more bearing blocks that go down there but I haven't put them on yet because they cover the screw holes for the other bearing blocks. dependency chains!)

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30 to 40 holes in a steel plate: an easy weeknight project

you will certainly not regret drilling 30 to 40 holes in a steel plate

@emily this does seem to be a perk of living relatively isolated 😅

(I’m in a 70s apartment block; if I tried to drill holes of an evening I’d be waking up the kids who live in the unit right above my garage)

@buzzyrobin your neighbors will certainly not resent you drilling 30 to 40 holes in a steel plate