So, we want to make a machine for 3d printing, cnc drilling, pcb routing…
They have a common starting point, an X-Y gantry.
First thing we need to decide is what size we should make it.
My thoughts, for a first testbed, are to make something fairly small, bed
size of about 200mm x 200mm. This can then be driven from a few stepper
motors (we have some lying about from murdered printers), using either a
belt drive or threaded rod (http://www.screwfix.com/prods/72061/ would be
perfect).
Once we have this running, we can use a dremel for the router bit, and have
a working small CNC machine, that can be used for PCBs and making small
parts from foam and wood. I’m looking at
for
guidance, which is an instructable written by oomlout, seems like it’d be a
good place to start.
Fricken awesome, wish I had some time to get involved again … Good
luck, it sounds Fab (if you pardon the pun)
-cj.On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Bob Clough parag0n@ivixor.net wrote:
So, we want to make a machine for 3d printing, cnc drilling, pcb routing…
They have a common starting point, an X-Y gantry.
First thing we need to decide is what size we should make it.
My thoughts, for a first testbed, are to make something fairly small, bed
size of about 200mm x 200mm. This can then be driven from a few stepper
motors (we have some lying about from murdered printers), using either a
belt drive or threaded rod (http://www.screwfix.com/prods/72061/ would be
perfect).
Once we have this running, we can use a dremel for the router bit, and have
a working small CNC machine, that can be used for PCBs and making small
parts from foam and wood. I’m looking
at http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply-and-/ for
guidance, which is an instructable written by oomlout, seems like it’d be a
good place to start.
Whats everyone else’s opinion? Any other ideas?
So, we want to make a machine for 3d printing, cnc drilling, pcb
routing…
They have a common starting point, an X-Y gantry.
First thing we need to decide is what size we should make it.
My thoughts, for a first testbed, are to make something fairly small, bed
size of about 200mm x 200mm. This can then be driven from a few stepper
motors (we have some lying about from murdered printers), using either a
belt drive or threaded rod (http://www.screwfix.com/prods/72061/ would
be
perfect).
Once we have this running, we can use a dremel for the router bit, and
have
a working small CNC machine, that can be used for PCBs and making small
parts from foam and wood. I’m looking
at http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply-and-/
for
guidance, which is an instructable written by oomlout, seems like it’d be
a
good place to start.
Whats everyone else’s opinion? Any other ideas?
So, we want to make a machine for 3d printing, cnc drilling, pcb
routing…
They have a common starting point, an X-Y gantry.
First thing we need to decide is what size we should make it.
My thoughts, for a first testbed, are to make something fairly small,
bed
size of about 200mm x 200mm. This can then be driven from a few stepper
motors (we have some lying about from murdered printers), using either a
belt drive or threaded rod (http://www.screwfix.com/prods/72061/ would
be
perfect).
Once we have this running, we can use a dremel for the router bit, and
have
a working small CNC machine, that can be used for PCBs and making small
parts from foam and wood. I’m looking
at http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-Cheaply-and-/
for
guidance, which is an instructable written by oomlout, seems like it’d
be a
good place to start.
Whats everyone else’s opinion? Any other ideas?
I would sugest, for those of you that don’t already, that you regularly
check up on hackaday.com - it has a tendency to have some interesting hacks
and mods.
Thanks,
badspyroOn Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Alan Burlison alan.burlison@gmail.comwrote:
So, we want to make a machine for 3d printing, cnc drilling, pcb routing…
They have a common starting point, an X-Y gantry.
First thing we need to decide is what size we should make it.
My thoughts, for a first testbed, are to make something fairly small, bed
size of about 200mm x 200mm. This can then be driven from a few stepper
motors (we have some lying about from murdered printers), using either a
belt drive or threaded rod (http://www.screwfix.com/prods/72061/would be
perfect).
Once we have this running, we can use a dremel for the router bit, and have
a working small CNC machine, that can be used for PCBs and making small
parts from foam and wood. I’m looking athttp://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Three-Axis-CNC-Machine-…
for
guidance, which is an instructable written by oomlout, seems like it’d be a
good place to start.
… Good
… Good