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Yeah, thanks for the tip, I tried to look for guidelines on what gauge wire I should run, and ended up sort of defaulting to going by what the leads on the motor were; 22 AWG. And the shielded...

Thanks for the info, guys. Hopefully I'll be able to put it to use in the not-so-distant future. ;)

Finally making some new progress. I've been acquiring some of the tools I would need to...

Thanks. I'm glad to be getting so much constructive feedback! :D For sure, I'm going to have to fit the pieces together and see how sturdy it is. I'm unsure what kinds of forces are going to be...

Thanks for the feedback :D Yeah, I get what you're saying.

Moving the beams on the gantry in is not doable, that was actually the original design, but it became obvious that the balance would be...

So I have the table and gantry design out. The only thing missing is the tool platform itself, though really all it is is a slab of aluminum with 12mm linear bearing pillowblocks bolted to the back,...

I sort of have the table portion of the machine designed. Mostly though, I was mulling over it in my head while adding photoreal detail to what has already been visualized, heh. (Having already...

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Yeah, a bearing block identical to the one on the bottom sits between the motor mount block, and the top piece of aluminum extrusion, so the screw is held good and centered on both ends...

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Yeah, that's generally my thinking. If it doesn't perform the way I want, I can always upgrade it later. Especially the screws, they were relatively inexpensive compared to most of...

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I have every part pictured, with the exception of maybe one length of hex cap screw. (Which I'll have after my next smallparts.com order)

The delrin nut, bearing blocks, and motor...

So I have the design for the X half of the X/Z stage worked out. (Minus whatever is going to attach the X-axis nut to it) This is a VERY accurate representation of the parts, considering I modeled...

Hopefully the choice in screw won't be a problem in just getting the thing up and running. Speed isn't really a concern. The intended uses of the machine are rather varied. For example;...

Hmm, that DOES sound rather problematic. What would you recommend for motors instead? Though I'm not sure I understand how the driver and power supply wouldn't be able to 'provide enough juice'. ...

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind in case it doesn't run as well as I'd like.

For now though, what's bought is bought. Based on my currently limited understanding of this stuff, I was going for high...

Hey everybody!

I'm finally building a CNC machine to further my goals of world domination!

I'm a complete nüb when it comes to this stuff, and am going to have some questions, but I'm a fairly...