Z-Axis Dust Cover Prototype

I have previously said(X and Z Axis Upgrade) that the designs of my cnc has provisions to add dust covers on each axis. I actually have not created one so I decided to create a prototype for the z-axis.

It wasn't difficult to create the dust cover, with skectch-up, creating the prototype is peanuts.

Here's the parts before assembly:

Here's how it looks like when assembled:

This will surely perfectly fits in front as shown here:

And here is the final product:

This is only a prototype so I used black electrical tape to join the parts together. It would be awesome if aluminum plate about 0.5 to 1.5mm thick it would even be so much better if stainless steel plate will be used. It will really make the cnc machine good looking at the same time you are prolonging the life expectancy of the machine not to mention lowers maintenance cost.

The advantage of creating a prototype, is that it will let you discover the advantages and disadvantages and by identifying the disadvantages which are primarily features that will make it more useable, you will have the option to include these features in the final design.