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Youre getting there Christian. You know your programming and I think you will solve whatever problems you will stumble upon. Just take your time and dont let me or anybody else put you down or force you to hurry.

An Ultratec cost 5k. So 3k sounds cheap for the ultimate conventional machine, at least in my mind. Rigidity, precision and repetability. The 3 magic ingredieces that are needed. At the same time it should be easy to use. Dont like the thought of being able to bend the machine out of angle...

Its a big project and will take some time to complete. Looking forward to your next video. On a side note, about conventional machines. What would you change in the regular machines? Do you have any drawings of the perfect conventional machine according to you?

Always fun to see your video updates. :D Are you working on this every day or do you have some other side project going at the same time? I know you bought, cleaned/repaired and resold stuff before.

I get what you mean, the regidity of manual machines isnt that good. With a little force you can move the quill and dop out of angle and the base is as you say thin metal with a wooden base. But here is where a good faceter comes in to play, you get to know the machine flaws after some time...

It was not my meaning to overwhelm you with my questions. I was only curious about your thoughts on run out in the machine. I see the weak link in the material and I think the dops will bend some if using the wrong material. I wonder how good run out and rigidity that is needed to get perfect...

Hi Christian. Do you have the quill and dopsticks already finished for the machine? If so, have you measured the run out on them when attached together in the faceting head? What kind of material are you using for the dopsticks? Reason for asking is that I red some articles about run out. It...

Great you got it working. :D About the motors, do you have the solution for them too or are you still trying to find the way for them to work?

I get what you mean. By eliminating the bad ways one by one I think you will get there in the end. You want a universal machine and then you should go the universal way for the programming too. ;)

That sounds really smart. Do you know any other machines or robots that function the same way or you just thought of it yourself?

Christian, any updates? How is the motor programming coming along? Did you get the laps to work the way you wanted?

Yes they are cheap and thin. :D Batt laps are good though. But for testing you will only need one or two laps anyway. Just for checking the machine and the programming. Hope it will work out with the glueing of the laps. When are you going to start with the tests?

Ok, now I get it. If you are going to glue the cheap ones to the underlayment then they have to be that big. How precise is the run out going to be on the lap when glued? Why dont you use normal laps to begin with instead of sintered?

Hi Christian. Are you going to use those underlayment laps directly under the sintered laps used for faceting? Why so big? Why so many? Are you planing to fit the sintered lap together with the underlayment maybe?

Sounds pretty nice Christian. Hope to see the underlayment discs in motion soon. Is the machine going to be able to change the laps by itself too?

Been a while since you posted something new here Christian, how is the machine coming along?

Did you find the solution for your problems Christian?

How fast can it switch between axes if you have it only working on one at a time? The back and forth (sweeping) movement when grinding is best used in one direction. So it has to go down against the lap and then sweep across the lap. At the end of the movement it has to lift from the lap...

What I meant was how much does the parts that you have lying around at home cost? Those parts will add to the end price of the milling machine. Was more interested in knowing if you can make money on building milling machines if you sell them.

Ahh, ok then you should build it. You will make some money on it anyway. Does the milling machine cost 2500 with or without the parts you have already, I mean do you ad in the cost of the parts you have at home now or not?