Altmill with vertical board

I got asked for more pics on face book, figured some of you here on forums might enjoy this. All the specs I could think of are below, any questions and I’ll try to answer.

Waste board. Simple mdf attached to Baltic ply with 1/4-20 inserts. Baltic ply attached to wood under rails through factory holes. Mft grid is a Mix of 4” and 6” to jump cross members. This also made a grid where I have a bunch of visible measurements. Everything from 2” up and when matched with screw holes. And it’s square to 0.001” over a 40” square. All cut on altmill and designed in vetric.

Vertical board. It’s attached to a 2” thick spacer that goes under 2nd cross member. Spacer is attached to vertical the way same way but separately so each can be removed. spacer sits directly under crossmember as it is 2” wide and supports it. Vertical sits under the flange on cross member to support as well. All 1/4-20 inserts in wood so it can be disassembled if necessary. All holes planned out and done on cnc. It’s capable of clamping 2 pieces 22” wide or 1 piece 48” wide. It’s about 32” depth capacity to surface of waste board. So can cut 36” in piece or so.

Cabinet. 3/4 Baltic ply. Verticals attached to legs with 14-20 inserts through factory holes. The floor is attached to verticals with simple cabinet screws. All cross members braced with wood for density and support. Soaked in linseed oil and mineral spirits.

Dust bin. 1/4” mdf stapled to a 1”x2” subframe that is incorporated into wood attached to aluminum crossmembers that also stiffens them and gave them a better density attached to cabinet walls. Sealed up with silicone.

Drop board that covers opening for vertical board in pictures is made but not surfaced, it will clamp down/ attach to machine via an L bracket that clamps against crossmembers and verticalh board slot. At least this is my best idea so far to do this. Input is welcome. Another idea was clamp it against bench dogs in vertical board to suck it down tight.

Wheels. Amazon/vevor small wheels, fig feet, adjustable. Attached to floor through block with t nut. Block secured to floor same way shown in pics.

Computer solution coming soon. After I clean up the chaos that making room for this thing caused.

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@Crave2Control Welcome to the group, Ben. Thanks much for posting this.

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@gwilki Thank you. First post but this forum has helped me a ton already. You guys are a great community! Thanks for everything!

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Nicely done! It looks very professional. Welcome to the group, I can’t wait to see what you make with it!

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@Crave2Control , Ben thanks for showing this. It looks like your set up on the Altmill is very clean. Nice work!
Is this your first CNC or is the Altmill an upgrade for you?
I am also interested in the vertical application as I have a need to make drawers and bee boxes. I would like to figure out the best way to use finger joints.