just another plasma build and then some :)

I have considered that but from my dealings with the stuff it goes rock hard when it dries out and I am not sure how well it would spread. If I can get it to soften and spread out like sand I would be happy.

My other issue is the use of epoxy, here in Australia its around $400 for 20 liters of the stuff. I have been considering using non shrink concrete as I can get that locally relatively cheaply.

That a good call with using the tumbler, I did not think about that.

How do you think normal concrete would go Tom?

opensourcemachinetools.org/wordpress/concrete-lathe/

www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.c...the/%3famp_page=true

www.cnccookbook.com/epoxy-granite-cnc-machine-fill/

any help or ideas?

robertspark wrote:

opensourcemachinetools.org/wordpress/concrete-lathe/

www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.c...the/%3famp_page=true

www.cnccookbook.com/epoxy-granite-cnc-machine-fill/

any help or ideas?

Thanks for that Robert, those links were helpful especially the first concrete lathe link. Its a pretty interesting to see low cost designs.

thefabricator03 wrote:

robertspark wrote:

opensourcemachinetools.org/wordpress/concrete-lathe/

www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.c...the/%3famp_page=true

www.cnccookbook.com/epoxy-granite-cnc-machine-fill/

any help or ideas?

Thanks for that Robert, those links were helpful especially the first concrete lathe link. Its a pretty interesting to see low cost designs.

some guys are very talented, have a lot of patience and free time to focus on those sorts of projects. a. lot more skill than I when it comes to alignment. I would be miffed if I got to the end and stuff was out of square and you now have a 100kg door stop

sorry guys i have been busy with a lot of stuff lately.

regular concrete has shrinkage in the mix so if just adding weight is the goal that is about as cheap as it gets. with the epoxy it only shrinks around .001 imperial. any metal dust added would be about the equivalent to the machine setting epoxy for leveling stuff i would think.

epoxy granite is not cheap by any means 2000 lbs of it cost probably around $3,000 for materials so food for thought.

this is the kind of epoxy i used but it's not the only brand out there that can be used. EpoxAcast 650 black is what i used.

.www.smooth-on.com/product-line/epoxacast/

i had some riding mower issues and had the motor pretty much scatter because someone thought it would be a good idea to place plastic gears in the motor? typical throw away products these days? so i was looking around and decided to get something that would make life a little bit easier found something that would help move stuff and cut grass

they make fork attachments for these so it's going to be my baby fork lift for outdoors operations since it's 4WD it will kill two birds with one stone