New Lowrider2 in Upstate NY

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Fired it up for the first time this afternoon and it drew the test crown pretty well. And even better after some squaring up.

I used my existing torsion box assembly table and added Unistrut rails with some MDF spacers to get to a full 4 X 8’ build area. Parts were printed in Matteforge orange PLA. I tried the belt tensioners available on Thingiverse, but they didn’t work for me, so I went with the original zip tie version.

@vicious1 warned me against using the SKR 1.3, but it arrived the same day he gave me his advice, so I hung on to it. I did have some trouble flashing the firmware that TeachingTech provided with his video series, but then found the binary compiled by @nightlink (thank you!), and that worked well. The TMC5160 drivers really do make the motors quiet, though that won’t matter when the router and vacuum are running. LCD touchscreen is a Makerbase TFT28.

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IMG_20200531_1552434032×3024 2.83 MB
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IMG_20200618_1559154032×3024 3.39 MB

Thanks to everyone who provided advice/troubleshooting during my build, and of course to @vicious1 for this wonderful design. I build guitars for my musician sons. So, when I gain some competence with this, I’m hoping to try to make some arch tops with it. Until then, looking forward to playing around. End mills have arrived. Hoping for a certain router for Father’s Day…

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You probably want @vicious1, not Ryan. Looks like a great build though. I love that work surface, and storage underneath.

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D’oh! Thanks for the correction, @jeffeb3. And, yes, the storage beneath will be nice… when I get around to finishing it. :flushed:

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Looking at the photos, I guess I should have paid more attention to the orientation of the logos on the router carriage…

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You can fix that with some tape.

You don’t need to point that kind of stuff out. Most people won’t notice. Again, very nice build. :+1:

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Uh, yeah…I haven’t even noticed the orientation of the logos on my own Lowrider. Now I’m going to, but I sure won’t bother doing anything about it. 8^)

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I’ll call it a feature. This way, there are logos facing forward no matter which direction the X carriage is heading.

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