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I thought I'd share my completed new machine build.

Basic machine layout is a Bulkman Queen Bee, the quality of which is great, certainly for the price. Ordered as just the 'mechanical kit' with motors, my overall goal was to produce a visually appealing machine and I'm quite pleased with the end result.

As space is somewhat limited in my 'Man-Cave', I decided to flip the two Y axis motors and the X axis motor 180 degrees to reduce the overall depth and width. Once the mechanical side of things had been completed, I migrated most of the electronic components from the previous machine, and completed the control enclosure. 3D printed parts were used extensively to enhance the visual apperance. I designed and machined a new vacuum table and topped it off with an MDF spoilboard.

I also added a pneumatically-operated tool-rack for the ATC, a Tool Length Probe and Laser Cross Hair. The existing 21" touch screen was updated with (yet another!) a new screenset.

The machine is used predominantly for milling thin plastic sheet materials for model making.

Very nice and very neat machine build.

Tweakie.

This looks really nice.
Clean installation, everything dust protected, cool.

Very impressive.

Nice looking machine. What spindle do you have?

crjohnson wrote:Nice looking machine. What spindle do you have?

The spindle is a Kress (now AMB) 1050. Just on and off from a relay output. It also has a Sorotec ATC attachment. I was hoping to include an ATC Mechatron or Spinogy spindle but couldn't justify the investment, as this is just a hobby.

I mainly machine thin plasticard sheets for model-making, from 0.5mm to 7mm, with relatively simple toolpaths such as pockets, drilling, engraving and contouring.