Lowrider2 in "Ostfriesland" Germany North Coast

Hi,
here is my new Toy. Not 100% ready, but the first crown was fine…
work area: 2500mm x 1100mm
my plane-milled sacrificial plate is a little smaller
Controller Board is Open CNC Shield incl Autosquaring.
direct control via Estlcam

Need some update:

  • new spindle -> Mafell FM 1000
  • lead screw T8 -> T8x2
  • perhaps new y-guide

my designs:

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Why is it that German builds always seem to have nice, industrial-grade control boxes housing their electronics, and American builds have cereal boxes and duct-tape holding a rats nest of wires to one leg of a repurposed picnic table from a condemned pre-school? Is industrial design part of the Teutonic gestalt? Has the “Get 'er done” mentality ruined our ability to engineer our way our of a wet paper bag? Sure, we put a man on the moon, but let’s be honest, we did it with German rocket scientists…

What I’m saying is: Nice build! Looks great!

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Well, we do make some damn good cereal with pretty boxes. And then of course we do things like this: Jay Leno’s Tank Car | M47 Patton Tank Engine | Greyhound Bus Transmission | Blastolene Special - YouTube

And this:voyager_test_flight_672

A privately designed, constructed, funded project.

I’d never underestimate the abilities of American hot rodders and tinkerers.

:grinning:

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thx for feedback :wink:

in my opinion, the steppers are too weak (59Ncm). i changed my
z stepper to Nema 17 - 65Ncm and the x stepper to Nema 17 - 71Ncm.

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Congratulations, real nice! Are you using Estlcam?

Geiles Ding Ding hast du da gebaut, bespielst du die mit Estlcam?
Grüße aus der Pfalz!

Yes that’s true, the US has a lot of nice designs and the Mpcnc of course!
But by the way, why does the M1 Abrams uses a German cannon? :wink:

I give up. Why?

Thx.

Yes, i use only ESTLCAM. I ve no Display or SD Card Slot, use only my PC…

Mir wäre das viel zu umständlich, immer den GCODE per SD Karte auf die
Fräse zu bringen. Das Open CNC Shield ist Quasi eine Upgrade
des Tillboards (-> MPCNC-Nano-Estlcam-Shield). bzw eine Zusammenfassung des Tillboards und des Tillboard Extension Boards

Update:

-> Mafell FM 1000 PV ER (very very quiet)
-> selfmade mount for Mafell, pipe and pen holder

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Nicely done! I wish I could afford that Mafell.

perhaps is the Mafell FM 1000 (without PV and ER) enough for you (~230€ / ~280$)

really nice build!