Your machine is waaay more finished than mine, impressive job quality, well done

Thanks! Yours has the all-powerful NEMA 23s though, heheh. I'll have to get that done too eventually. 👍

BTW Thomas, did you get more milling abilty with the NEMA 23s? In addition to faster X/Y movement, are you able to get wider stepover and deeper layers per pass (on multiple passes)?

Bonsoir Jean Michel, looking at a similar spoil board setup. Did you use T nut inserts on the back of the board (hammered) or regular inserts from the top? I'm still weighing those 2 options as I'm wondering if the MDF will hold regular inserts overtime.

I'm using screwed inserts from the top into the MDF and it holds really well and I have no long term concerns whatsoever. FYI, they are M8 inserts in 12mm holes. They are sunk in leaving a 4 mm gap to the surface of the board, therefore leaving plenty of room for multiple spoilboard surfacing passes before you have to screw them further down. I say go fot it!

Ok then! You are on a 50mm grid?

Yep! 50mm grid, M8 inserts on 100 mm intervals, dowel holes for the rest. I don't use m4 inserts anymore. More detail on that in the beginning of this post.

Hey guys,

Time to upgrade to NEMA 23! 🤘😁🤘

Strip down started...

StepperOnline NEMA 23 Kit (ignore the other bit and bobs)

Printed upgrade parts

More to come as I progress 😁

Cheers,

JR 

Also made a modified spindle holder that allows me to lodge the nuts into the part and avoid messing around with a monkey wrench when screwing the front holder in/out.

I'll post the design to Thingiverse and the design forum soon...

Cheers,

JR 

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