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Create a polycarbonate screen to go in front of the cnc for protection #1360

Open MatthewCroughan opened 4 years ago

MatthewCroughan commented 4 years ago

Currently, a bit can fly off and hurt someone, yet people are required to be in the room. This is a bit worrying, and even @goatchurchprime with his experience was a bit afraid operating the machine. There is a surplus of polycarbonate available in sheets in the space that we need to get rid of, so let's do it for Hack the space on Dec 29th

magman2112 commented 4 years ago

We would need to re-site the e-stop switch outside of the screen, so that you don’t have to open the screen to emergency stop the machine, or re-site the controller to make its e-stop accessible. This must be done before a screen can be fitted as this is a more critical requirement than the screen.

RussCoty commented 4 years ago

I’m in today, could take a look. Simple fix might be a magnetic mini shield that clips on Around the moving area around the e-stop

norru commented 4 years ago

I have the same problem with my CNC machine @home. Is any of that polycarbonate still available to buy?

magman2112 commented 4 years ago

I found an interesting design on the Ooznest website the other day.

https://ooznest.co.uk/product/workbee-enclosure/

I think it is worth investigating the cost of what looks like Makerbeam to see if we could replicate this for our situation. Also, it might be worth building a full enclosure, as in the Ooznest design, to reduce noise from the CNC machine.