I'm in the parts gathering stage, and getting ready to embark on this project.

I purchased the plans from Matthias, but am only using them as a reference, and designing it from the ground up.

Here are the basic specs:

13" Shelix head from a Delta 22-580
2HP motor
36" infeed and outfeed tables

Current plan for the tables is 3 layers of 1/2" baltic birch, laminate in my vacuum press with epoxy, and sealed with 2 coats of epoxy. Top and bottom will be 12 gauge steel bonded and screwed to the baltic birch. I'm hoping the balanced construction should keep it flat. I'm adding an extra link to the parallelogram mechanism to provide extra support, and have added an extra pair of supports to the outfeed table.

The bearing mounts will be cut from 1" aluminum on my CNC router. They will be mounted to 1/2" steel plates, which will be screwed and bonded to the frame. The frame members will be 1-3/4" thick LVL's.

Here's a preliminary pic of the design, which I'm doing in Fusion 360.
I'll start a thread when I start construction, hopefully in a few weeks.


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