#buildlog

Finally put the laser cutter onto the cart so that I can work on it without having to walk around.. as I can just spin the cart around while I do the wiring

Added the final shelf for the laser cutter cart.. I might varnish them...

It's a record breaking 47.7C today - the hottest day Adelaide has ever had.. So that means I did'nt do that much on my Lasercutter build today I did, however add 2 more castor wheels on, in the center

Installed some rubber feet to the laser cutter build so that it can sit on the cart and not move around on the stainless steel top

Fitted first 2 shelves with MDF shelves - will varnish these I think top shelf installed and then the large 18mm thick sheet of MDF for the table top using liquid nails, I glued a shet of 0.7mm stainless

Completed the framework for the table that is going to sit the laser cutter. It will have an area to the right for the CW-5200 water chiller and 3 areas for cutting stock. The top cutting stock area will

Using some 25mm x 25mm aluminium extrusion I have started to make a table/cart for the laser cutter to sit on

Installed the drag chains for the X and Y axis today The X-axis drag chain is 20mm x 20mm and the Y-Axis drag chain is 40mm x 20mm in order to accomodate the extra wires for the X-Axis stepper motor

Today I installed the stainless steel base plate to the laser cutter. Flipped the laser cutter over and using drop in t-nuts and 8mm pan head screws, I screwed the sheet onto the frame looks like a success!

Put the top of the frame onto the laser cutter and marked out where the base of the laser frame meets the stainless steel base so that holes can be drilled.

Bought and had cut a sheet of stainless steel sheet metal, 0.7mm thick in order to attach to the base of the cutter I have put it underneath the build in order to see if I got the size right.

Did some more work today on the laser cutter build Here is the first mirror now mounted. The laser will first bounce off this mirror over to the X-axis mirror I have made it height adjustable as we can