Any further updates on sourcing parts for this? I’d like to look at going 48” on the X. Should just be ball screws, tube and some wiring?
Thx
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I havnt looked into this much yet been more concentrated in the 80mm mount for my spindle. That’s almost complete, then will look into this more.
New user but my 2 cents, If this upgrade puts the price upto the X carve pro. stay away from it. For 8000$ most of us will learn how to tile, I know i plan on it. You have 36" between the feet. and the Z axis seems like it will go low enough to be able to pad the feet for it to clamp and sit on something more extended.
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This is the best solution by far, users could easily cheapely upgrade to 48” wide pieces with only the x rail swapped out. Really want to see this idea come to fruition. Shapeoko really dropped the ball and left there original users being when making the pro, why didn’t we get hdz for x and y…? Hdx hdy wuda been nice. I hope the onefinity keeps making powerful upgrades for their current owners.
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@St0mp Because of the expandable design of the Onefinity, everyone including myself seems to think extending the X-axis should be a manageable feature upgrade and hopefully not cost too much. Personally, at the risk of Onefinity sending me future hate mail for my comment… I would think a few hundred Dollars might even do the trick, given the whole machine is $2k. Would also hate having to learn how to tile down the road…
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Another CNC newbie but in my limited research this looks like a solid machine at a decent price. Add me to the list of folks looking for a model that gets me to 48".
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Hello,
I would be interested in ordering an upgrade to 48″ immediately if it became available. As long as the stiffiness doesn’t suffer. Please set me on the list too. However I would prefer this upgrade on the Y Axes rather than on the X Axis.
I would suggest to add a “Stiffy” extension there.
Thanks,
I don’t see it as a cheap upgrade. If anything I think it would cost a lot ore than people realize. If the price goes up too much 1F would start competing with some of the more commercial brands. That would mean support for a much larger spindle would need to be an option. That would mean more stiffness to support higher cutting speeds. Then the electronics most likely would need to be upgraded. People are going to want to have a spindle with automatic tool changers which will mean either loosing the some of the extra width or making it even longer.
I don’t see it as just throwing some longer tubes and ball screw and calling it good. It would take time to design. The market would need to be identified to make sure to find a good price point. Then you start running into how many hobbyists have enough room. The woodworker’s table at 4x5 is already pretty big. Maybe someday but I think focusing on speeding up production on their current machines should be a higher priority.
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+1 for this. It plays very nicely with the modular construction of the machine. I would like to see, when ordering a “custom” machine, the ability to choose X and Y lengths separately (instead of “Machinist” vs “Woodworker”.
Having 3 lengths for each axis (16", 32", 48") would be a trivial change and allow people to order very specific machine sizes.
I’m new to the 1F forum but not new to CNC. I have a 24x24 Zenbot and a converted, with ballscrews, Little Machine Shop minimill. I use Aspire and Fusion 360 for my projects.
After web searches to find reasonable priced hollow 1500mm precision shafts and 1500mm ballscrew shafts to extend the gantry to 48" + I found solid 35mm diameter, 1500mm long, precision shafts at a much reduced price, ($108.07 from Misumi). Alas, the weight of each linear shaft is more than 25 lbs, making the gantry weight, with 3 shafts, way too much. So why not use them for the Y-axis rails? 4 x solid shafts and 2 x 1500mm ballscrew shafts would be less than $600.
Poggers! Let’s go lads, they listened. Make sure you buy it!
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