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Old post, but new to this part of the forum. Looking at building a Kronos machine. Excellent info. Thanks.

I thank everyone for their responses.
I took a good look at the Saturn 2. The Z height clearance is an issue. On top of the usual sacrificial table is another setup table plus the receiver (wood...

Skateboards are generally hard maple laminates, so basically about .45 inch thick maple. When pulled from the molds the boards relax at different rates, so they are not exactly the same. Making depth...

I am looking to purchase a kit in February to build a new cnc. Over the years I have purchased parts from both FineLineAutomation and CNCRouterParts. I have been in contact with Fine Line about what...

I purchased a batch of bits from Drewtronics some years ago. I am currently using my last engraving bit from him. Wanting to buy more, the only link to the site drewtronics.net is all Chinese. Is he...

A couple Solidworks drawings from the design stage...
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CNCing the Zaxis face plate out of HDPE.Have a bunch of it laying around from a previous project.
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Bearings installed
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Installing the rails using a temp face plate and bearings as...

Gantry installed.
Test plate to make sure I measured holes for the bearings correctly before cutting Zaxis parts.
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Zaxis parts cut and ready
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Box glued and drying
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More progress:

CNCing the gantry sides
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Actually, no cost increase for this build. A couple bad bearings froze on my big machine and pretty much trashed the top end. I am pirating all the salvageable parts I can for this build. One lead...

This is the current status of the new build. I have tried this build several times following Solsylva's instruction manual using 2x4s and 2x6s but have always failed. The wood has always been too...

First pic is of my current machines. Foreground is a 24x24 cutting area maxed at60ipm with Hitachi router. Used for engraving and guitar bodies. Central is the computer station. Farther is my big...

Hi cnczoners! I have not posted on this site for a long time. Maybe years. Busy earning a living. During this away time I have built/designed/sold/rebuilt over a dozen machines all in search of the...

Working in a shop with a Shoda NC 516 with Fanuc controller that is not currently running. trying to find a manual so I can start diagnosing problems and start repairing it. Anyone know where I can...

I have a G540 on my cnc controlling the X, Y, and Z, with A slaved to the Y axis for two motors moving the X-axis gantry. All my drivers are committed, but I need to add a second Z axis to my system...

If you are still interested in this project, let me know.

I'll buy one. I've bought your previouos 4 DVDs and will soon be purchasing the archtop DVD.

Sent you a PM.

I have been thinking of purchasing one of FLA's kits. There have been several postings on poor service and communication from FLA (although I have never had that problem with them. Both of my...

Live and Learn.
I bought 3 before buying from HubbardCNC. Expensive learning curve. Now I prefer to stick to Gecko drivers. More expensive but immensely more reliable with excellent customer service.

Too late for you, but for others reading this thread, I have had several driver boards with this chip and all but on has failed. If you go with boards with this chip, buy one from a reputable dealer...

Anatomy of a Z-axis:
CNCRouterParts

I just showed a bit of what they are working on that site. Joe abandoned this format a long time ago, but other users have further developed this idea using gear reduction and other modifications,...

I was hoping for a DIY version of this coming out, but it appears that, after several years, this is not going to happen anytime soon.
During this time I came across 2 other designs similar to this....

Thanks for the responses and pictures. I was hoping it would be simple.
Is there a min/max recommended water flow?

I just purchased a 2.2KW spindle (a Chinese import) With a GE/Fuji VFD. This was purchased from someone who decided not to build a CNC and sold off the parts he did not use for other projects.
The...

A couple shots of WD40 on the screw just above and below the leadnut does the job for me.

I would not remove any of the shaft collars. They support the screw and keep it in place, bearing the...

The "hobby" CNC market is very competitive. All vendors I have contacted have been very helpful. They know we are all connected through various forums and readily publicize good and bad experience...

Have you checked out Fine Line Automation?

Store: CNC Router Kits : Fine Line Automation

Try K2CNC (In California)
K2 CNC Machines

If they don't have it in stock, they can make it for you. I don't know the cost, but their stock mounts run about $65 US.