I always knew that the electrical side of this project would be difficult but I hadn’t realized quite how difficult it would be. With the mechanical aspects of the build at least you can look at either the part or a 3D model and have a good understanding of whether it will fit together / …
Since the last article all the way back in September the build hasn’t move very far forward but I thought it was time for an update as a few interesting things happened in the last couple of days. My main focus has been on getting the power supply designed and getting all the parts ordered …
Those of you following my build logs will have noticed that the Wyvern machine build seems to have ground to a halt (as of Sept 2013). There was nothing inherently wrong with the build (although I can now see several areas for improvement) but I simply ran out of space and time. I plan on …
Yet again it’s been a while since the last update because I’ve been debating what the best way forward is (read being indecisive for debating). As I mentioned in the last entry the bolting together plan was working, mostly, but it was very time consuming and didn’t offer the advantages I’d hoped for. If I …
I’ve not managed to get much done over the last few days as work has been getting in the way, I suppose I need to do something to pay for all this CNC equipment though. I’ve got all of the brackets for one side drilled and fitted now but I’m starting to wonder whether I’d …
If you have been following this build you’ll know that I’m new to engineering so this may or may not be the best way to go about the task of fitting a bracket but what I can say is that it works. Since all the brackets are the same size and have the same hole …
It’s been a while since the last update, I’d like to say that’s because I’ve been busy building the CNC but the truth is that I only got a few days to work on. I’ve made a good start on the frame though so I thought it was time to do an update.
Well I’ve found my new favourite paint in CombiColor. It goes on smoothly with very little odour and the coverage is pretty good considering it’s yellow which doesn’t tend to cover very well. That lot you see in the picture below was covered using <100ml of paint. It needs another coat but the 2 litre …
Before I piled into drilling holes in the actual steel that will make the frame I thought it was best to do a dry run with some of the off-cuts that I have. I’m really glad I decided to do this as it has shown me that I’ve got some accuracy issues that I need …
The big clean up continued over the last few days. I was beginning to think that perhaps this coating on the steel should be left in place and that was confirmed by someone on the CNC forum. It seems steel comes with a protective coating. My problem with that is it holds onto the oil …