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this machine is epic... pretty to look at, rail solutions are wonderful. loverly indeed.

Video on kickstarter says that you're just going to buy rails and gantry as to not reinvent the wheel. I think the uphill battle is selling the world on the virtue of paying $10,000 for just a table...

Thanks for the kind words. I certainly hope it performs well enough. :)

It is my first CNC, and hoping to use it to mill foam molds and plugs for flying RC things. I'll be hand finishing the foam...

Widgit, what I'm curious about... most of us are making a better hammer to hopefully make parts we couldn't otherwise make. With all the superlative examples of making complex parts that you've...

sweet

Last couple of months I've been working away on my machine as have many others. I went for welded steel mainly because it sounded fun and would deliver an interesting learning experience (had not...

it wouldn't be on that page unless it was a rhino plugin.

with bits going from 1/2" to 3-1/2", there's enough play there to get something going for my mount. I was just after someone actual measurement of what's hanging under their router, because there's...

yup, have the router, just haven't got around to getting the cutty bits yet.

woah... a Red Dwarf fan in the US?... how's that possible? :)

...I fully agree on all points, from the "to play with deep cuts" to the "set the mounts as low as possible". I was just hoping to get someone's size as some kind of as-is measure of the dimension in...

not the adapter, what's under the router itself. To make it more clear, here's a quickie diagram...

http://keyboardmonkey.com/cnc/router-dimension.jpg

quick question... I'm fabricating the part of the machine that holds the router and need to know how high to set it, but being my lazy self, haven't yet ordered bits, collets, and so forth. I'm using...

nice idea, but there's more than just the nut on the screw, there's the thing that bolts to the nut and the structure surround. makes it all much harder to get this all happening. the easiest way to...

...thinking about it more, I love this idea. I think you could section the pipe more and get even more options for other parts of the machine like Z axis, etc

that is some spiffy work. Because it's fully enclosing, you could probably do the same with square bar. The hose clamp could go on just as a measure, or, zip ties. The zip tie set I have at the house...

Looking forward to seeing the progress, looking sharp so far. I'm going the same way for my rails with the 90 degree aluminium extrusion. With my electronics done I'm up to the build. Happily I'll...

...and nothing continues to explode!

Assembled the parts together to make the computer to drive it, including a cheapo LCD monitor from eBay, and connected it all up. Installed the trial of Mach3...

hit up the electronics section for the driver boards. HobbyCNC has a 4 axis kit. It's not plans, but I don't think he's price gouging on any of the components either.

yup, lots of people have done it in lots of different ways... AND, they've put _all_ the details online in this forum. The kicker is that you only need to browse the forum to get all the information...

want to know what's cheaper than all of these options?... a really cheap used PC from eBay. Could set up a specific computer to run the machine, add a wireless networking card to transfer the jobs...

...so that's good, right? :)

Have all the electronics together, board and power bits. All the volts checked out, etc etc. Just plugged it into the AC, and the cooling fan started up... and nothing...

I'm really not surprised. :)

Working on my own plans for a pulley/belt driven system, and with a 1 inch diameter drive pully pushing and pulling the gantry, I worked it out to needing 32:1 gear...

umm, these comments were about JavaDog's comments about his router that has unsupported rails. The forum is fine.

...er... the rails... they're... unsupported. :)


(other router designs have the rails crushed against something for their length giving them support in the middle of the rail. This design is...

epoxy is generally nicer to work with than the polyester... like, longer working time and a better promise of a cure... and the whole process is just as freak'n messy regardless of the agent, so I'd...

so your clients are obviously after the penny-pinching budget experience... :) :rolleyes:

"Ok, you're unhappy with getting around town with your bicycle... you don't want to go around on a normal budget car, because if you get a Ferrari or a Bently you can go around corners better, and...

Kevlar's tension strength is awesome, but we're not talking about excessive loads for a machine. Sure, discus launched RC gliders need a bundle of tension/torsion strength in the wings at a minimum...

Some interesting opinions, and it's good to hear dertsap's clarity of experience... it also mirrors everything I've ever done with fiberglass myself.


The gantry box has the most to gain from it....