Rail guides X-Y

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
I buy rail guides, it is old,the seller said it was quite good. I bought it about 80 usd for all of them, after cleaning, it very new with me, I will make rail guides X-Y with it, and maybe more with rail guides X-Y when it finish ( such as a milling machine...)

 

[minh-thanh]

And start :

 

[minh-thanh]

next :

 

[minh-thanh]

next :

 

[Cogsy]

Looking good Minh. As fast as you work, I'm thinking you'll be milling next week!

 

[minh-thanh]

Hi All !
Continue :

 

[minh-thanh]

Finish and combination with my drill :

 

[minh-thanh]

Test with it :
it's good for me. Maybe I would do a milling machine with it, but now i use it on a drill machine - enough for my current needs

 

[minh-thanh]

And this is lock high

 

[rlukens]

You're doing some clever work. Very creative.

 

[DJP]

Consider adding a skirt around the underside of the table to prevent swarf from messing up your exposed bearing guides. Any heavy cloth material soaked in oil will work. This is now my used Bridgeport mill came equipped until I installed proper bellows.