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Getting ready to CNC mill the slot in the carbon fiber/titanium telescoping arm for the NERDS FIRST robot.
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13-02-2011 21:58
Ian Curtis
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
I see the carbon fiber, but where's the titanium? Is it an overlay over the CF tube? I also love that terminal, is pulled off an older machine?
Make sure you keep the vacuum handy, CF dust is nasty stuff!
13-02-2011 22:09
MrForbes
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
Actually I think the Amdek monitor is newer than the computer...which dates from 1977...the mill is from 1980.
Here's a press release for the monitor from 1986 (scroll down to MONITORS)
http://www.atarimagazines.com/v5n8/ShoppersGuide.html
Fortunately ABS dust is not quite as nasty.
13-02-2011 22:12
Ian Curtis
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
So it is... thought it looked a little too shiny. 
13-02-2011 22:22
BitTwiddler
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
The bulge in Squirrel's cheeks come from his tongue not because he has them full of acorns.
14-02-2011 13:08
Frenchie461
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
looks cool, the next step up would be a CNC router.
18-02-2011 00:37
MrForbes
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
We got our CF arm and titanium telescoping insert back from the powder coater and put them on the robot.
Still have a few more parts to mount...but it's getting closer
22-02-2011 23:03
Chris is me
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
If it's just a straight slot, why use a CNC mill? Seems incredibly easy to do manually.
By the way, beautiful robot - you guys look more prepared than us, that's for sure.
23-02-2011 00:53
MrForbes
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
so, did ANYONE figure out that the computer is NOT connected to the mill? It's just an old (very old) computer sitting on the desk in my shop, and the mill is in front of it. I did fire up the computer to take the photo...but it's just asking for the cassette tape to be run so it can execute a program on it's Z80 cpu.
I cut the slot manually. And it's ABS tube, not Carbon Fiber.
23-02-2011 20:55
Jay H 237
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
I'm old enough to remember when most computers were just "green screens". Some monitors were orange only too.
The first computer we had was a PC Junior with a whopping 16 color monitor......ahh, that was the life back then! 
Now, where'd I leave that 5 1/4 floppy?
23-02-2011 23:31
MrForbes
Re: pic: 1726 CNC Mill
....it's sitting on the shelf between the 8" floppies and the CDs.
Cassette tape storage is where it's at. If you don't have punched tape (or cards), that is.
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