MAX update

Added: 2026-05-10

[00:00:00]Okay, so welcome to small lathe. We are trying to improve things on the max milling machine and this means installing DRRO like the one you see over there.

[00:00:16]So while I was uninstalling the Z-axis, I realized I can't install it until unless I got the Yaxis main installed.

[00:00:26]So this is where this monstrosity fits over here. The wax is kind of fumbling around here with this thing. Is this sitting on a carriage that's holding the Xaxis and Yaxis sort of united the sort of unit connecting them both as you can see on the base. So this is what you see at the bottom there. Let me point it over there. This thing is actually the Y-axis carriage, but on top of it is the X-axis carriage.

[00:01:06]Complex. All right. But fun. All right.

[00:01:09]So, I'm going to try and install these.

[00:01:12]Um, had quite a few iterations before I got it right.

[00:01:17]And let's see if it fits because I've never fitted it. Uh, it's going to got going to be complex with this thing.

[00:01:26]Uh, the screws do match, which is always nice.

[00:01:32]It's um a lot less uh user friendly when the screws don't match. All right, we are installed uh more or less.

[00:01:43]Let me pause for a second. I need two hands for that. Right, so everything's in place more or less. I need to reposition the X-axis.

[00:01:56]I already see some issues. The nice round head nuts over here are in the way. So, this is pretty flat. This is not very um not very far off from the legs here. So, initially I thought of connecting the ends over here to connections over there.

[00:02:23]I'm thinking I'm I'm going to make um clamp basically that will hold the leg of there and this will just connect to that.

[00:02:33]So, let me screw everything here into place and I'll get back to you in a second.

[00:02:41]Right. So, um, the X-axis can be placed again back in place.

[00:02:59]And that is nice.

[00:03:02]Put that back in.

[00:03:06]Come on.

[00:03:10]So try and reinstall that.

[00:03:20]There we go.

[00:03:25]I'm just tightening this.

[00:03:31]I'll put the second screw later. But now we've got it fully installed. You can shut it off and I can show you what's going on. So this is this is the y axis. This is the x axis and z-axis way over there. All in all, I say that's really nice. So finally we got all them installed. This has some uh sort of meaning because we need to trim the x-axis. As you can see, it's sticking out way too long. It's like way over here. I got at least an inch and a half or 3 cm or so and about 5 cm or 2 in over there. So, it needs to be trimmed.

[00:04:27]Uh what I also want to show you is what's going underneath. So, it's me let me try and tilt this thing a bit for you guys to see.

[00:04:36]We're uh clearing the lead screw. As you can see, me focus in there. There we go.

[00:04:44]So, we're clearing the lead screw and we are very close to the legs of here.

[00:04:51]And as you can see, this setup is uh installed uh bit precariously at an angle right now. But, uh, all in all, it's it's very solidly mounted. We got two screws here and two screws. Me flip things around at the back over here and over there.

[00:05:14]And what I think I'll do is initially I thought of connecting it to these two screws. Sort of making an extension and give it get a foot just like that one to connect. But this will not do because it's going to flex. And it's going to flex in the axis of the the movement of the Y axis. because one what you will want to move back and forth because it's long. So, what I think I'll do is I'll make clamps that will sit on the leg, fasten to the leg with a nut that has a soft tip.

[00:05:58]And this will allow me to connect this over there with the same sort of clamp.

[00:06:03]And by the way, same manufacturer, not the same size clamps, which let me say this way, I had to reiterate the 3D printing for that. So, uh, same goes for the connector because I have the same issue, uh, on the Z, uh, X-axis connector. And I'm thinking of actually just letting it sit at the bottom of there. I'll make some sort of a holder that will uh, it will sit inside and screw it onto the bottom. And that's going to be it. And on top we have a connection here uh with proper screws and whatnot. And this is more solid because it's closer to the sort of base here.

[00:06:57]All in all, I'd say this is uh complex but a lot of fun. Uh this is uh not exactly for the faint of heart, but once I'm done with that, all these files are going to be on Thingiverse and you can just download them. And if you have a Mac and you want to make it into a manual mill, uh just um try them on. They're going to work.

[00:07:25]One thing I wanted to discuss and maybe you guys have a tip on it. Um, the handle.

[00:07:35]I'm not super uh enjoying the handle the way I thought it would be. Well, the idea was that there's a small set screw there. So, you can set the angle which is uh imperial, not metric, and zeroed in and all that just like the major um lathe handles do.

[00:07:58]And the idea was nice, but um it's not really flowing the way it should.

[00:08:07]I'm thinking of redesigning it.

[00:08:11]If you have an idea, let me know.

[00:08:14]Maybe we can incorporate it into this.

[00:08:18]Uh possibly maybe just machining uh screw holder for the lead screw just like these.

[00:08:37]And I'm thinking I'll uh machine uh more than one connection, which is what I did on the X-axis recently, but the rest will be threaded. So, I'll just thread it onto here, and it's going to be a direct drive, not sort of a wobbly drive.

[00:08:58]It's going to thread onto this X sort of connector base here.

[00:09:06]could be the simplest way to do it.

[00:09:10]And then again, in this system, I do have uh some pin bearings that this thing rides on. It allows some smooth movement. So, I'm rethinking of this design. If you got an idea, do let me know. So, thanks for watching. Glad I was able to show you finally all the three axes installed.

[00:09:34]Um, I'll be seeing you