Doozer-CNC-Machine - Revision history

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Zebragrrl: /* Project Development History */

2023-02-18T07:05:26Z

Project Development History

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−	=== 07/15/2020 ~~- Starting to look like something~~ ===	+	=== 07/15/2020===
−	[[File:2020-7-15-Doozer-Mk2.png\|right\|350px]] ~~Second~~ ~~Y-Axis~~ ~~track (right side) has been assembled. The new T-nut holders work~~ like a ~~charm.~~	+	[[File:2020-7-15-Doozer-Mk2.png\|right\|350px]] '''Starting to look like something'''
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		+	Second Y-Axis track (right side) has been assembled. The new T-nut holders work like a charm.

	Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveler and Z-axis carriage.		Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveler and Z-axis carriage.

Zebragrrl: /* 07/15/2020 - Latest! */

2023-02-18T06:18:21Z

07/15/2020 - Latest!

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−	=== 07/15/~~2020~~ - ~~Latest!~~ ===	+	=== 02/17/2023 - COVID, Medical Breaks, and the big freeze ===
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		+	[[File:2020-09-10-Doozer-Mk2.png\|right\|350px]] Things had finally started to come into a decent shape around November 2020 (See photo). The Gantry frame was assembled, and I was able to move it using the screws. In assembling it, some of the bearings were inadvertently damaged, and the need to order replacements, and the poor quality of the replacements when they finally arrived, provided the impetus for a cascading series of delays and excuses.
−	[[File:2020-7-15-Doozer-Mk2.png\|right\|350px]] Second Y-Axis track (right side) has been assembled. The new T-nut holders work like a charm.

		+	COVID hadn't just affected shipping times and product quality from China, it had introduced a lot of limitations on social interaction, and since we had to limit access to the shop to a certain number of people at a time, I saw it as a chance to make space for others, and I took myself home and worked on 3D printing for a while. By 2022, in a world 'getting over' COVID, I began to lament for simpler times when I would spend a day at the shop working on the Doozer. Sadly, having had surgery in late 2022, the post-surgery restrictions made returning to the shop a non-option. But almost as soon as those restrictions were lifted, I was informed that I'd be going in for surgery again, just a few weeks later.
−	Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveler and Z-axis carriage.

		+	Knowing my time was limited, I made a trip down to the shop, and packed all the motors and electronics home with me... figuring that if I can get the Arduino, Motors, and so on working during my convalescence, maybe I can come back stronger to this project, ready to take on the next steps. And it's something I should be able to work on at the kitchen table.
−	Drilled out the threads on the first four bearing blocks. (3 out of every 4 screw holes need to be drilled out to allow free-spinning of a long M4 bolt. The 4th hole in each remains un-drilled so that the original tapped threads can be used from the reverse side. Found a few places where the brackets needed to be modified. Original brackets were modeled on the mistaken belief that the bearing blocks used M3 screws.. rather than M4.

		+	I was again a bit in awe of the machine as I took inventory of all the parts and components, the surprising scale of the thing, and it's overall structure. This really has come a long way from just a doodle.
−	Unfortunately in working to assemble the components, it was discovered that the package of M4 T-nuts I had ordered, actually contained M3 T-nuts. (I have so many now!)

		+	The Doozer isn't dead yet!
−	I placed an order on Amazon for M4 t-nuts, and for an assortment box of M4 bolts and M4 hex nuts (of which I had none!) Project returns to hold state until those parts can arrive. (Expected Delivery by 7/21)
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−	Starting to realize how little structural assembly remains, and how close the project is to progressing to the electronics stage. Still, there is the Tool-mounting assembly, and the actual work-surface to be designed and implemented, but I am definitely getting close to the point where the mechanical portion of the machine will be completed, and it will be time to start figuring out how to make the thing move.😳
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Zebragrrl: /* Project Development History */

2023-02-18T05:36:13Z

Project Development History

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Zebragrrl: /* 07/15/2020 - Latest! */

2020-07-15T18:08:08Z

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	I placed an order on Amazon for M4 t-nuts, and for an assortment box of M4 bolts and M4 hex nuts (of which I had none!) Project returns to hold state until those parts can arrive. (Expected Delivery by 7/21)		I placed an order on Amazon for M4 t-nuts, and for an assortment box of M4 bolts and M4 hex nuts (of which I had none!) Project returns to hold state until those parts can arrive. (Expected Delivery by 7/21)

−	Starting to realize how little structural assembly remains, and how close the project is to progressing to the electronics stage. Still, there is the Tool-mounting assembly, and the actual work-surface to be designed and implemented, but I am definitely getting close to the point where the mechanical portion of the machine will be completed, and it will be time to start figuring out how to make the thing move. 😳	+	Starting to realize how little structural assembly remains, and how close the project is to progressing to the electronics stage. Still, there is the Tool-mounting assembly, and the actual work-surface to be designed and implemented, but I am definitely getting close to the point where the mechanical portion of the machine will be completed, and it will be time to start figuring out how to make the thing move.😳
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Zebragrrl: /* 07/15/2020 - Latest! */

2020-07-15T16:58:52Z

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−	[[File:2020-7-15-Doozer-Mk2.png\|right\|~~250px~~]] Second Y-Axis track (right side) has been assembled. The new T-nut holders work like a charm.	+	[[File:2020-7-15-Doozer-Mk2.png\|right\|350px]] Second Y-Axis track (right side) has been assembled. The new T-nut holders work like a charm.

	Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveler and Z-axis carriage.		Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveler and Z-axis carriage.

Zebragrrl: /* 07/15/2020 - Latest! */

2020-07-15T16:58:13Z

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	Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveler and Z-axis carriage.		Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveler and Z-axis carriage.

−	Drilled out the threads on the first four bearing blocks. (3 out of every 4 screw holes need to be drilled out to allow free-spinning of a long M4 bolt. The 4th hole in each remains un-drilled so that the original tapped threads can be used from the reverse side. Found a few places where the brackets needed to be modified. Original brackets were modeled on the mistaken belief that the bearing blocks used M3 screws..	+	Drilled out the threads on the first four bearing blocks. (3 out of every 4 screw holes need to be drilled out to allow free-spinning of a long M4 bolt. The 4th hole in each remains un-drilled so that the original tapped threads can be used from the reverse side. Found a few places where the brackets needed to be modified. Original brackets were modeled on the mistaken belief that the bearing blocks used M3 screws.. rather than M4.
−	rather than M4.

	Unfortunately in working to assemble the components, it was discovered that the package of M4 T-nuts I had ordered, actually contained M3 T-nuts. (I have so many now!)		Unfortunately in working to assemble the components, it was discovered that the package of M4 T-nuts I had ordered, actually contained M3 T-nuts. (I have so many now!)

−	I placed an order on Amazon for M4 t-nuts, and for an assortment box of M4 bolts and M4 hex nuts (of which I had none!)	+	I placed an order on Amazon for M4 t-nuts, and for an assortment box of M4 bolts and M4 hex nuts (of which I had none!) Project returns to hold state until those parts can arrive. (Expected Delivery by 7/21)
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−	Project returns to hold state until those parts can arrive. (Expected Delivery by 7/21)

		+	Starting to realize how little structural assembly remains, and how close the project is to progressing to the electronics stage. Still, there is the Tool-mounting assembly, and the actual work-surface to be designed and implemented, but I am definitely getting close to the point where the mechanical portion of the machine will be completed, and it will be time to start figuring out how to make the thing move. 😳
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Zebragrrl: /* 07/15/2020 - Latest! */

2020-07-15T16:53:49Z

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−	[[File:2020-7-15-Doozer-Mk2.~~jpg~~\|right\|250px]] Second Y-Axis track (right side) has been assembled. The new T-nut holders work like a charm.	+	[[File:2020-7-15-Doozer-Mk2.png\|right\|250px]] Second Y-Axis track (right side) has been assembled. The new T-nut holders work like a charm.

−	Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis ~~traveller~~ and Z-axis carriage.	+	Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveler and Z-axis carriage.

−	Drilled out the threads on the first four bearing blocks. (3 out of every 4 screw holes need to be drilled out to allow free-spinning of a long M4 bolt. The 4th hole remains un-drilled so ~~it's~~ original tapped threads can be used from the reverse side. Found a few places where the brackets needed to be modified. Original brackets were modeled on the mistaken belief that the bearing blocks used M3 screws..	+	Drilled out the threads on the first four bearing blocks. (3 out of every 4 screw holes need to be drilled out to allow free-spinning of a long M4 bolt. The 4th hole in each remains un-drilled so that the original tapped threads can be used from the reverse side. Found a few places where the brackets needed to be modified. Original brackets were modeled on the mistaken belief that the bearing blocks used M3 screws..
	rather than M4.		rather than M4.

Zebragrrl: /* 07/10/2020 - Latest! */

2020-07-15T16:52:57Z

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−	=== 07/10/2020 - Latest! ===	+	=== 07/15/2020 - Latest! ===
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		+	[[File:2020-7-15-Doozer-Mk2.jpg\|right\|250px]] Second Y-Axis track (right side) has been assembled. The new T-nut holders work like a charm.

		+	Looking at the assembly process, it seems likely that I'll need to disassemble the Y axis assemblies at some point, in order to attach the gantry. I decided to work backwards and start by assembling the X-axis traveller and Z-axis carriage.
		+
		+	Drilled out the threads on the first four bearing blocks. (3 out of every 4 screw holes need to be drilled out to allow free-spinning of a long M4 bolt. The 4th hole remains un-drilled so it's original tapped threads can be used from the reverse side. Found a few places where the brackets needed to be modified. Original brackets were modeled on the mistaken belief that the bearing blocks used M3 screws..
		+	rather than M4.
		+
		+	Unfortunately in working to assemble the components, it was discovered that the package of M4 T-nuts I had ordered, actually contained M3 T-nuts. (I have so many now!)
		+
		+	I placed an order on Amazon for M4 t-nuts, and for an assortment box of M4 bolts and M4 hex nuts (of which I had none!)
		+
		+	Project returns to hold state until those parts can arrive. (Expected Delivery by 7/21)

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