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Thank your for your reply Craig.

Sorry for being so “newbie” but what’s the best cooling liquid for an Aluminium mold?

Hi all,
I am planning to build a Protective Housing for my CNC-Router (1800x1000x570mm).

I was planning to make it with aluminium frames and double polycarbonate panels.

The thing is that...

Hi all,
I have purchased a new CNC-Router with clamping area of 1730x890mm (weight: 82 kg - picture attached) , and I was wondering what do you recommend to use as the "structure" or table. What...

Finally I decided that it was not worth to make the machine by myself... I have bought a CNC router of 140cm (X axis) from CNC-STEP.... price was over my budget, I spent 9.500 €, but the quality and...

Can somebody forward to me any similar Build Thread in which indicates where to get all the components and which ones are of the best quality?

Thanks!

There are already commercial ones for 12.000 / 15.000 € with tolerances of 0.01mm like the ones from CNC Machine Manufacturer - CNC Routers and Engraving Machines I am asking for 0.02mm, but...

Hi all,
I am a completely newbie in this area of CNC’s. I would like to hear your comments about building my own CNC Router.

I need a milling area of 1500x500mm. Z axis could be around 110 -...

Sorry, you were right about the density of the PU board, I was referring to 1.200 kg/m3

In regards to the high accuracy needed, I still will keep at least +/- 0.01mm due to the fact that the...

Thank you, the website from SOROTEC has many interesting things at an achievable price. Very interesting...

What would be the best place to "learn" about the right way to choose the End-Mills?
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Thanks for the info Peter. Really appreciated. :)

Hi Peter, thank you so much for your reply.

The reason for using the Plexiglas was to get a very smooth and shiny surface in the plugs, in order to get a "mirror" looking finish when doing the...

By the way, what's your opinion about this CNC Router of 720x420x110mm? https://www.cnc-step.com/cnc-router-720x420-s-720t-ballscrew/ It has a repeatable accuracy of +/- 0.01mm which might be ok...

Thank you for your kind reply.
I didn't know that the aluminium was expanding so much related to the CFK.

My plan was actually to mill the positive molds in Plexiglas (PMMA), and then produce...

Thank you Peter!! This is exactly what I was looking for...

Any other options in Europe? I have found https://www.cnc-step.com which offers very nice machines at an affordable price

Dear Jim and Peter,
Many thanks for your quick reply. Now everything is clear... I will then subcontract to mill all the wing molds, which actually are the molds in which I need accuracy.

For...

Hi all,
Thank you for your reply. For the things that I'm going to manufacture, I will need at least a tolerance of +/- 0.005 mm or better. If it reduces the price drastically, it would be OK with...

Dear all,
I need your advice to decide what to do... I need to buy a CNC Router that can mill Acrylic Glass and Aluminum, to produce Wing Molds for RC Airplanes. The working space should have a...