Blackcreek cues new cnc inlay machine

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Travis Niklich

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So I got the call from the machine shop today that my parts where ready and to come pick then up. I got an early start at 6am and with the help of my Dad got this beast put in place still have a lot to do.

Here is a pic of the welded then Blanchard ground steel base and table top
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Here is the 1 inch thick Mic6 aluminum base and y axis and kerk lead screw
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Here is the uprights and the x and z axis
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Here is the drilled and taped tool plate for machining ivory and slabs on
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Here is the 4 axis mounted on a sine plate and a tail stock on a square rail and bearing
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Good design. When I saw it I thought of the 4bears cnc machine. It looks from the materials and processes you used that your machine is similar to his in philosophy.
 
What a piece of crap. I'm certain my extruded aluminum one is much more stable.

Thanks for sharing.
 
JoeyInCali said:
What a montster!
Great going Trav!
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many people who know me know my pool playing buddy Darren his father in law is the foreman at a great machine shop here in IL have to say his help was invaluable and even thou this machine was very expensive he helped to save me a lot of money. He had a engineer from the shop do all the blue prints in solid works before they ever started. I can't thank him enough for his help and praise his ability as a machinist
 
Not many people regret building good quality equipment.
Thanks for posting the pictures and the progress.
Neil
 
Nice machine. Travis, what can you tell me about that collet chuck you have on your rotary table? Looks to be a 5c chuck. Do you have a hole through the table?

thanks, Jim.
 
Mc2 said:
Nice machine. Travis, what can you tell me about that collet chuck you have on your rotary table? Looks to be a 5c chuck. Do you have a hole through the table?

thanks, Jim.
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Hi jim
It is a Bison 5c chuck i had laying around had it on my lathe for awhile and took it off the table has a 1 inch hole so you can pass a shaft threw it to inlay the joint collars. Now I just have to get the mach 3 and control box to work
 
Travis Niklich said:
Hi jim
It is a Bison 5c chuck i had laying around had it on my lathe for awhile and took it off the table has a 1 inch hole so you can pass a shaft threw it to inlay the joint collars. Now I just have to get the mach 3 and control box to work
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Thanks Travis, thought so. Is it the 4" or 5" ver. of the chuck. By the way, I recently picked up two good rotary tables on e-bay. The smaller of the two has a 1" hole. The larger is 1.5". I leaned toward one of those chucks but feared it would be too heavy. If you have any issues with Mach 3 or controller box, let me know. I would be happy to help. If you don't already have the box, check out deepgroove on e-bay. The G540 is perfect for that setup.

Jim.
 
Mc2 said:
Thanks Travis, thought so. Is it the 4" or 5" ver. of the chuck. By the way, I recently picked up two good rotary tables on e-bay. The smaller of the two has a 1" hole. The larger is 1.5". I leaned toward one of those chucks but feared it would be too heavy. If you have any issues with Mach 3 or controller box, let me know. I would be happy to help. If you don't already have the box, check out deepgroove on e-bay. The G540 is perfect for that setup.

Jim.
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I got the controller and motors from Dan Mauch I think i just have to put a jumper wire from 10 to 12 pin. the chuck is a 5 inch the table is from newmark they said it would support 250 pounds if i remember right and the chuck is 10-15 pounds and the back plate is alum so i thought it would be fine. If I run into more problems with mach 3 I may have to get in touch
 
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If I wasn't getting out of the cue building busines, I'd be drivein' down state to steal that beauty. GOOD LUCK ...JER
 
Now I approve of that , Awesome fricken Awesome job. I see you built the tilt table , nice!!! keep up the good work , I like what I see.. D Hill
 
Man that is on great looking machine.. Now this may be an optical illussion but in your pics it does'nt appear that you have enough Y travel to have total use of your parts table.. Also What is the empty space behind the tail stock for?
 
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