NEWS

2022-10-29

Been working on Frankies Z axis. Its now complete and I will get onto redesigning the gantry.  I want Frankie to have a full dust enclosure.

2022-10-29 

Todays job was to make a rolling storage rack for sheet product and medium length offcuts. All went well making it out of stuff I already had.

 

The workshop needs more shelves and racking… better master plan the space.  Peter

2022-10-23

I have been reviewing the wiring requirements and have documented them here.

Wiring Suppliers

16-09-2022

Have just completed a skateboard press mould for a customer. We upgraded Scoots spindle to an AC 1.5kW ER16. It flies thru timber using 10mm bits. Made two garbage bins full of sawdust on this job. Peter

12-06-2022 Frankenrouter has been coming together and now the base is half built. We call it Frankie Series 1 or Frankie-S1 for short. shaping up to be a good entry level machine kit.

An enquiry wants to cut novelty records so I’m test cutting his blank….

2022 has started!!

Sold Brevis-S2#1 last week, so I have started reassembling Brevis-S2#2 for selling.  Improving the saddle stiffness and changing the controller is the main change. Then I shall assemble Brevis-S2#3 into a full kit. Once they are sold I shall build Brevis Series 3 which will be a little bigger and use some in-house cast composite parts….

We have a few enquiries for Scoot which is great and the electronics cost hasn’t gone up this year which is excellent. Unfortunately freight has gone up but so far not too much…  This year I want to complete the cast carbon fibre test program and get Milli, the 7 axis robot project started.  Enquirers want to make Covid Screens, Records, guitars and bread boards…. Novelty records are an interesting application.  Keep making!  Peter

 

Merry Christmas to All! 2022 will be a cracker year

19-12-2021

Scoot-S2 has been making parts for some time now. Cleats for the shelving system, brackets for the washroom and some engraving for the Men’s Shed. Its main purpose now is to make moulds for the Frankenrouter project.  Frankenrouter will use all the surplus parts I have from old builds.

Well its nearly Christmas 2021. Been an interesting year with Covid and changing work patterns. You’all out there have a safe and very Happy Christmas.

 

 

Scoot is now the flagship model for Tetra Motion. Demand is for the bigger machine so it will be developed further. 2022 will see Series 3 introduced that makes the machine slightly bigger, to optimise sheet usage better and a billet machined aluminium saddle will replace the steel fabricated one, to make assemble easier.

19-06-2021

Scoot-S2 foundation parts have been trial fitted and all looks good!  Late next week I pick up the structural parts and its all go to making sawdust.

YaG has been its development project name but now its a production item its been decided to call it Scoot.  Scoot No1 is being built here in Murwillumbah and Scoot No2 is being built by a client in Sydney.

09-05-2021 Been busy finishing the shed drainage and getting YaG/Scoot on the go again. Have sourced the 5 axis motor  controller and have had a request for a big router to cut building panels. Diversion – My ear muffs broke so I fixed then with some carbon fibre…

 

Here’s the new controller being fitted into YaG. Just fits!!

YaG is the development project name. It shall be called Scoot in production… ScootNo2 is being built by a client right now.

06-04-2021 – Since this website was set up its had intermittent problems with receiving emails. I apologise to those who think they have been ignored in the last year. Today it was fixed properly and 100 emails came through!! So I’m working through those now. Best regards Peter

Yag is coming along and the new workshop is now functional. So much more stuff to do!!

23-11-2020 – The workshop is now powered up and I have started moving tools and equipment into it. The YaG build is coming along and the motion parts should arrive  in 2 weeks. Milli the new mill is coming along also.

28-09-2020 – Been a while for some news. The machine base parts for YaG get picked up this week. Been a few hurdles with commercial work being very busy and building a new bench for YaG, plus the new workshop is rising…

The roof goes on this week, WOW. Soon Tetra will have a proper workshop and office!!

18-05-2020 – Start work on building YaG600 this week. Order the ply for the bench and the machine base next couple of days. Nearly checked all the holes and threads. Once checked can send out RFQ on parts…. The shed is underway! 7 weeks to  a new workshop…

YaG 600 benchtop machine

27-02-2020 – We’ll we didn’t break ground last year. Needed to get a retaining wall engineered and we’ve had flooding rain so no groundwork could be done. But we now have the wall engineering and its very close to go. Peter

27-11-2019 – Tetra Motion has been working on a new workshop design since we moved from the Gold Coast. The local council has just approved the development so we can start making our new huge shed!! So we shall have a Maker space and much better facilities then our garage early next year. We break ground next week.  Peter

11-11-2019 – Here’s a piece of Tetrium that will become motor mounts. If your interested in a piece to play with I will make 100x100x15mm sample billets available. Send me a note with your address and what you want to do with it and I’ll send you a billet.  Tetrium Info Sheet.

06-11-2019 – Maximus part costs are in and I’m working on the price list. I also have developed a material I’m calling Tetrium. This is similar to Epoxy Granite but can be machined on routers. It’s an epoxy, metal fibre and carbon fibre composite. I’m setting up an information page for this material at the moment. Tetra Motion will sell blocks of it to machine builders to build damp and stiff machine parts from. Tetra Motion is also designing a new kit benchtop mill and it will be made from Tetrium.

BT30 Mill Kit, 1kW servo drive for rigid tapping XYZ 550x250x250

05-09-2019 – Today I cut a wax block stamp for a friend out of HDPE.  https://www.facebook.com/ScootCNC/videos/2988663147871859/ brevis cuts plastic very easily.

13-08-2019 – Still waiting on costs for many of the Maximus parts but they are coming in.

09-08-2019 For those budding Gantry Engineers out there. Here’s some info on various materials to use. Gantry Design

 

Tetra Motion is nearly Live! Look forward to more CNC parts, more machines and more technical information.