dirtyhanfri
Well-known member
Hi
I just ordered this compound table:
Basically for drilling plot holes in 500 series front panels, the X axis travel is 135mm and the Y travel is 46mm, I think I could make double-slot modules by starting one half of the drilling from one corner and then the other half from the other corner and moving in opposite direction.
I have no experience using this kind of tables but I think it won't be so hard, just attach it to the drill stand (I'm using their Micromot stand) fix the panel, take a reference (touching a corner of the panel with the drill bit I think) and start moving and drilling... Any advice or cautions to look around?
It' s dirty cheap (I found it in ebay for 86€ including shipping costs) And there's even people who mod this (and the MF70, which includes the 3rd axis and the spindle for around 350€, also a good price) to turn it in a CNC, I know the travel looks so small, but with some tweaking I've seen work surfaces of 160.5x100x58 mm which is (barely) enough for doing pcb's. A friend and me were thinking in build a CNC machine, maybe this table can be a good starting point...
Any experiences with this kind of tables? I'm tired of messing with printed drill templates glued to the piece, and cannot afford a CNC right now, because the budget, and also because the noise and space needed (at the moment I work in my house, in a dedicated but not so big room)
I just ordered this compound table:
Basically for drilling plot holes in 500 series front panels, the X axis travel is 135mm and the Y travel is 46mm, I think I could make double-slot modules by starting one half of the drilling from one corner and then the other half from the other corner and moving in opposite direction.
I have no experience using this kind of tables but I think it won't be so hard, just attach it to the drill stand (I'm using their Micromot stand) fix the panel, take a reference (touching a corner of the panel with the drill bit I think) and start moving and drilling... Any advice or cautions to look around?
It' s dirty cheap (I found it in ebay for 86€ including shipping costs) And there's even people who mod this (and the MF70, which includes the 3rd axis and the spindle for around 350€, also a good price) to turn it in a CNC, I know the travel looks so small, but with some tweaking I've seen work surfaces of 160.5x100x58 mm which is (barely) enough for doing pcb's. A friend and me were thinking in build a CNC machine, maybe this table can be a good starting point...
Any experiences with this kind of tables? I'm tired of messing with printed drill templates glued to the piece, and cannot afford a CNC right now, because the budget, and also because the noise and space needed (at the moment I work in my house, in a dedicated but not so big room)