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    Scrapyards are like lottery, sometimes you find what you need, sometimes there is nothing usefull. I started building a ram of my machine, and did this small update video. I hope I will finish whole ram in the next video.


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    Still nothing new in "real" build however I'm making full 3D model of the machine.
    This is how will look the ram of my machine.
    Milling machine - video-ram1.pngMilling machine - video-ram2.pngMilling machine - video-ram3.png

    And assembled with milling head.
    Milling machine - video-ram4.png

    Weight of head and ram assembly is 165 kg.

    I will post next updates of 3D model.

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    Turret assembly.
    Milling machine - video-turret1.pngMilling machine - video-turret2.pngMilling machine - video-turret3.png

    Main body of my machine will be made mostly from HEB 280 [mm]
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    3D Model is finished in 90%
    Some changes are possible because I still don't know what I will use for power feeds.
    I also included "extra" space for machine vise and collet chuck in Z axis travel.
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    I am making a flange for turret out of 20 [mm] thick steel plate. Diameter is 280 [mm].

    Milling machine - video-2.jpg

    Specially for this task I attached 1:80 ratio worm gear (I bought it couple months ago and never used) to brake disc and rotary table was ready. As a temporary solution works well but this is not how It supossed to be.
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    Ram is ready for welding. Body of ram is made from 17 [mm] thick 180x180 [mm] angle iron. Turret is almost ready, only thing missin are dove tail guides.
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    Now you will have great ability to use the mill head, but less rigidity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NortonDommi View Post
    The pain! I feel you. Here even the scrap yards are charging top dollar and where I live not a lot of heavy stuff come through as most goes direct to the mill.
    Same here abouts. Scrap price has gone higher than retail for drops, remnants, scrap of any decent engineering material.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko View Post
    Now you will have great ability to use the mill head, but less rigidity.
    It will be much more rigid that current setup. Now I have to figure out how to cut dove tail guides. New video will be uploaded in the end of this week.

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    As I said, new video


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