I was reading a few threads around the zone and one that interested me was on about and "open source" mill design where the guy(s) were designing a set of mill castings and were going to build and "Made in North America" mill. Well that has gone on for over 2 years and well....nothing. I wish the author luck as I liked the design and concept, but I am tired of waiting to see if it will produce anything.
So I decided to start an adventure of my own. I am starting to build a homemade cnc mill including castings. The mill will use 20mm linear slides, ballscrews and have travels similar to a SYIL X5. Spindle will either be R8 or BT30 and should be a fun project.
I have started with the castings. I need to make a set of them out of wood and then I will take them to a local foundry to have them pour a set. Today I glued up a buch of MDF, and tomorrow I will start routing the patterns on my CNC ROuter. The base is going to be 10" x 20", The column 7.75" x 24"
Not much for pictures, but I have to start somewhere.
Dan