It's the wooden surface that lies underneath and supports various strata of tools, screws, various other parts, bits of material, odd scraps of paper, and swarf. At least I think it's wood, it's a while since I saw it so may have mis-remembered!by JohnHaine - General
Yes, that's a possible problem. In my case also the workshop is getting very cluttered with 2 mills and a lathe, bench space is rapidly disappearing!by JohnHaine - General
Thanks for the comments Dean. I'm not sure what you mean by "a design that goes from machine to nozzle"? My thinking is to mount the extruder on the side of the mill headstock, and the bed offset on the machine table (by the way mine is a mill not a router) to compensate for the possible loss in working surface. Extra PSUs are not a worry - my drive electronics are home built and have enough cby JohnHaine - General
Folks, I've just joined here and I'm trying to learn about 3d printing, with the object of attaching an extruder head to my Denford CNC milling machine. Obviously I could buy the parts for the extruder head but since I have the mill and a lathe plus loads of material I'd like to have a go at making one by "normal" methods. Has anyone published a design for something like this please, before I sby JohnHaine - General