great blog, nice write-up.
the one question I have is about any increased work envelope. how much is added to the Y axis ? it seems that if a part were touching the column, it would not make any difference which table were used as the spindle distance did not change.
Dave
--- In GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com, "Yuriy K" <ycroosh@...> wrote:
>
> Good part of the day.Last week I decided to bite the bullet and went for
> the "large table assembly" from LMS. Today the UPS truck dropped it off
> at my front door. I haven't finished the installation yet, but overall,
> I'm happy as a clam. I haven't had too many issues with the X travel,
> but 4" cross travel was getting on my nerves (I machine a lot of 100mm
> wide robot chassis for mini-sumo robots and 4" means that I need to
> reposition the work piece multiple times..).I have one question, though:
> there is a T-slot on the side ( can be seen here)
> <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-QaEGP3qy0/Tyioaik3IkI/AAAAAAAAAC8/4II2j6acN\
> mI/s1600/table+tops+2.png> Does anyone have any idea what it was meant
> for?
> Thank youYuriy
> P.S. BTW: I posted a short "review" with pictures on my blog
> <http://www.yuriystoys.com/2012/01/large-table-assembly-for-x2-mini-mill\
> .html> if anyone is interested. I will post more pictures once the
> table is installed.
>
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