IT RUNS! Heat Press - build thread

[CabbE30]

This picture made me so horny

[jaywood]

Wow, those fabrication pictures make me really wish I had somewhere to practice/learn welding...

Go buy a welder! Practice and practice. I'm all self taught (and youtube). MIG is pretty easy to wire

This is Sick I wanna see some of the stuff you make it looks cool.

Thanks man. I'll post up some pics of the stuff we've been making lately.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

This is Sick I wanna see some of the stuff you make it looks cool.

[ELVA164]

Wow, those fabrication pictures make me really wish I had somewhere to practice/learn welding...

[jaywood]

Updates. I got the press done, finally. It works! :) There are a few bugs that I still need to work out, but for the most part it's ready to go!



Here's the sliding table





And a video: (BTW, it shouldn't be running with that BUZZING sound, we got a faulty unit which will have to be replaced)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNGI-zn1XFw

[jaywood]

fucking nuts. amazing work

Thanks man :p

[squidmaster]

fucking nuts. amazing work

[jaywood]

Just a couple updates. I got the press inside finally. All of the air hoses are hooked up. We got the 220 wired in closer so we don't have to run long extension cords. Electrical is hooked up. Gauges work, heating elements work, air works, etc. It's all ready to go, just gotta finish up a few things :)



This is how the 1" aluminum heating plate is held on. It can't be just bolted because of the heat -- expansion and what not. So they are all spring loaded.



MDF on the bottom which will be pushing up the 3/8" aluminum sliding table.

[jaywood]

School started for me so I haven't had as much time to work on this. I do have a bit of progress however. I mounted the heating elements and the C channel aluminum that will hold the insulation.

[jaywood]

Wow - nice controllers. So I guess you go through a pre-heat, and ramp up, and a sealing heat. One for each? I love that e-stop button!

Thanks GG.

There are 3 heat controllers on there and 1 timer. The three on the left are: "left heat" "center heat and "right heat". Each controller has some cool features built into it that do basically what you're saying. But there are three because the entire aluminum plate needs to be the same temp and if you only have 1 sensor, the middle is going to end up being hotter than the ends, or vice versa depending on where you put the sensor.

[george graves]

Wow - nice controllers. So I guess you go through a pre-heat, and ramp up, and a sealing heat. One for each? I love that e-stop button!

[jaywood]

Wow, this is so cool! What does it cost to get a print done like this? Would love to have a couple done!!

It's somewhat expensive, the material we print on is very high quality. I'll send you a PM :)

[kingston]

Wow, this is so cool! What does it cost to get a print done like this? Would love to have a couple done!!

[jaywood]

Made some progress lately. The hoses are hooked up. Pressure works. All the rams work. Made a dash for all of the switches/controllers as well. Here's some pics

[jaywood]

How do you plan to heat the plate(s)? What is the estimated pressure?
Looking awesome so far.

Heating strips that run the width of the aluminum. There will be plenty of them so the heat will be nicely dissipated. Operation temp depends on what we'll be making, but max is 400 F.

Edit: thought you said temperature.....The pressure is sub 100PSI.

Thanks! :)