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14th March 2017, 07:38 PM #46Senior Member
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It's a lot of effort to go to for something that can be solved with 2c worth of aluminum but I totally understand the desire to make it pretty [emoji12]
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14th March 2017, 07:41 PM #47GOLD MEMBER
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14th March 2017, 07:53 PM #48Member
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I wad just thinking if it would cost $5 for a bit of pipe it would be easier to install then using shims when it comes to installation. With bobl's 6.5m pipe cut to 50mm would give you about 100 sleaves costing about $1. Add $1-2 per unit for cutting and job is done. Bundle that with a external switchbox and some cable and you have a kit ready to use
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14th March 2017, 08:11 PM #49Senior Member
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Believe me I get trying to make it simple! I tried a load of different options. I had 80mm medium wall steel pipe with a slit down it but what I found with all of them was that I always wound up with just another larger diameter that was also unusable.
It's just really sensitive on the diameter to keep everything in alignment. You can loosen the bolts at the bottom of the shafts that take the carriage to take out some of the misalignment you get with an incorrect diameter but you don't get much.
Unless you totally fluke something with wall thickness that takes it to one of those diameters the only way I can see it working is to machine something up like you did.
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15th March 2017, 12:44 AM #50
Could you make some screw on soft jaws for the clamps ?
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Have a look at this video, I love perving on the RUWI videos, so many good ideas, this a a multi spindle router table and it sort of shows how the lifts work.
https://vimeo.com/117246317
This one shows a spindle set up as a sander which could be done using VFD control on a CNC spindle
https://vimeo.com/116501888CHRIS
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15th March 2017, 10:24 PM #55Member
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Love the bobbin sander idea. Might need to make some sleeveless bobbins when I have some time...
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15th March 2017, 10:33 PM #56Senior Member
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Stop it Chris... I need more projects now like I need herpes.
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15th March 2017, 10:36 PM #57GOLD MEMBER
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When you start thinking about it the idea of the CNC spindle is a good base for some different ideas. Mount the spindle on a side mount like they do and large plates to support the lift are no longer needed. I think a simple lift could be made for not much money if someone was clever enough, put a DRO on it and Robert is your mothers brother.
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16th March 2017, 01:46 PM #59Senior Member
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It's a bit crazy that we're still all dealing with ways to mount a standard router upside down. It's not like a router table is a new concept.
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Router table design is a recipe and very few think outside it and using a spindle allows a bit of lateral thinking if anyone cares to go down that route. The conventional lift has grown out of the need to hold a (hand held) router of all shapes and sizes by the base as that was the only practical way, using a side mounted spindle mount means the router plate is not necessary and the spindle can be pushed higher for bit changes etc.
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