Hello there! My buddy and I are working on designing a homemade CNC lathe. We have a cnc mill that can mill steel, and we are working on conceptual frame design.
I’m working on designing the headstock (which holds both spindle bearings) out of 1/2 inch plate steel, arranged in a rectangle and welded, as well as the base frame made out of thick wall square tubing welded and then filled with epoxy granite. I have a small fixture table but i’m not sure how to setup welds to be parallel post-finish after beads ran and everything. We need to do any machining operations post-weld, but how can we ensure a high level of accuracy in the squareness and alignment for after the welds? I have some stop blocks, about 12 clamps, 2 minion squares, and some adjustable stop blocks as well. Is it as easy as just setting everything up with stop blocks and squares, tacking and then doing full beads after? Id like to pick some brains and see what order of operations you all would do! Thanks!
