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Gary,

is the information you mention at the link shown- available elsewhere? The link in the older post returns no page.

Thanks for any directions to your previous articles about squaring the Z...

Thanks for the directions Steve, that was exactly what I needed and it worked great. After using the CurveFitVectors command I was able to edit a few points and have the simplified curve - just ask...

Steve,
I have joined the vectors (about one hundred in 20") and I could manually draw over that curve with another.

I was looking for a method to reduce the number of short lines into the long...

Importing a set of outlines into Partworks to make cut files using the CAD files scaled to fit material and there are hundreds of tiny vectors along the simple curves.

Besides editing out the...

Dana, would you mind giving a brief description of how you mounted the vac table- if I read the post right you've bolted/cap screwed the HDPE halves to an aluminum sheet?

Does that mean you...

Thanks Greg, I'll look into this thoroughly, it looks like a good solution and seems to be all I'd need in this size table.

I suppose those folks could apply one to the longer power stick as...

The question is about modifications to the Buddy to get a more flat table or more control of the table's edges away from the Power Stick extrusion.
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First to add some additional guide...

Dana,
There is some room under the Power Stick bed/deck/table for a bottom pipe but I have a side connected plastic pipe to a 2'x 2' table now and it 'works' OK.

The idea to build a torsion...

The Buddy is intended for those who might need to tuck the Bot in the corner of the shop when not in use, or to do a large variety of smaller jobs.

Because the table isn't fixed, vacuum hold...

Rick, this method of engaging and disengaging the X-axis motor to remove or install the various Power Sticks is a great design.

But... with that said I'd like to caution you that the adjustment...

Dave, as long as you're still taking remarks on the sign you've posted I guess I'll add a few cents too.

I'd tend to thin the top arc boarder and thicken the bottom one so the two brown lines...

Erik, Gary,
Well we ended up testing the Z motor, its fine, we removed the entire Z carriage and spindle and found a series of 'lumps' in the Z guides.

Inside the Z guides, on both sides were...

Erik, Gary,

Z rollers were tight in one spot vertically. This was the main area where the engraving Z was traveling lifting the tool between lettering toolpath Moves.

Frank, at tech support...

My first plastic engraving project so I used the PW's array text feature to make 'badges' the text moved in well, the tool depth seemed to work OK, got a decent zero at the surface of the plastic...

Gerry,
Thanks for the very kind offer, a trip from Alaska might eat into my S'Bot budget!

At this time my main interest is to gain the full 4-6" of Z space that the table and tools erode, so...

Michael, the idea Bob Dodd used is much better than mine, here is what I think I'll try, at least this confirms the idea will work and that its been done.


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Overview of dropped table...

Erik, I agree that the two extrusions stacked isn't as rigid as a taller extrusion but I didn't happen to find any taller than 6"- yet. [The Y/Z gantry seems like its 3"x8" but I haven't found that...

Michael,
I've made some images of the idea to jack up the Buddie48 using some of the existing 80/20 1.5" x 6" extrusions.

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These images had to be reduced to a point they aren't as...

Michael,
could you give a more exact definition of the foam you're recommending? I'm afraid I'm a metal worker and I'd need a description that I could give a supplier to see what a sheet would cost...

I realize the Buddie system is not intended to do fulltime full sheet cabinet work like the X Gantry machines with a full bed. On the other hand it seems that the Buddie's support and spoil board...

Art, when we began testing a new Buddie48 PRS for repeatability we used a dial indicator inverted under a centering point bit chucked in the spindle.

This confirmed that we could develop a few...

Michael, could you buy some extrusion like the 2" or 3" square version of the 2" x 6" side rail extrusions on the Buddie and just use the T-Slot aluminum plates to stack this 'lift box' under the...

Marty, we just unpacked a Buddie 48 and had some tolerance issues in our unit.

We finally found the all-thread used to connect the X-table motor mount to the side of the table was too tight....