Light isn't necessarily good. I was told when designing my machine that having some weight on the gantry was a very good thing. So I didn't worry about weight and instead built for rigidity. My...
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Light isn't necessarily good. I was told when designing my machine that having some weight on the gantry was a very good thing. So I didn't worry about weight and instead built for rigidity. My...
If any of you guys use the Makita RT0700C as a spindle I've designed an air deflector for it that can be 3D printed. Here's a link...https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3634589#.
Very Cool!
Good looking machine!
Are you sure your gantry is rigid? Looks like it could use some bracing! If it's square before cutting and not after, then it would seem to me that the process of moving the gantry or z axis is...
Are you engraving just lines or are you doing 3D work? You're workflows for each will be vastly different.
Actually...my setup is simple...a lot more simple than what most of you use. My controller is an Arduino Uno which only has ports for an X, Y and Z. The two drivers for the motors that move the...
That's how I do it...both drivers have the same signal source.
Toy...no...they're not toys. They're capable of doing the job if you machine within their 'abilities'. Many folks use the Shapeoko machine for sign production for example. You can mill aluminum...
Nice...will double as a sweet billiards table when you're not CNC'ing!
$500 sounds good...but only if you completely believe you can get the machine up and running. I designed and built my machine and I know it like the back of my hand. But you don't have that...
Good question...I paid about $1,200 in total for the MDF machine I built from scratch. Everything was new...motors, controller, etc. Motors would probably be labeled as low end...but they work.
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Here's the inside of my gantry beam. The internal structure interlocked so it was easy to align and glue together...
https://www.cnczone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=418652&stc=1
In terms of your X axis...I did something similar with the round supported rail, but my beam (although made of MDF) is a torsion box and it's super rigid. With your gantry sides so high you might...
That's interesting! One of the advantages of the construction extrusion is having places to attach t-nuts.
Yea...that's it...sounds like you have a good plan for squaring it up.
Cool idea!
I repurposed a computer tower enclosure. Drill out everything that doesn't need to be there.
How will you make sure that all those welded surfaces are perpendicular and parallel to one another?
I too have punted...but I have a new 3D printer in the house and a floating (fixed height) dust shoe is going to be one of my first big projects for the printer.
I repurposed an old computer enclosure. Drill out the rivets of the things you don't need. Was strong and had plenty of room.
Here's what I use and it's as simple as it gets. Use Inkscape to convert the dxf to an svg. SVG is the native output of Inkscape. Then use http://www.makercam.com to convert the svg drawing to...
Now that's an idea!!!!
I actually have the printer together now and am going through leveling the bed to the frame. I may be able to do a first print tonight...a 40mm cube for testing. My...
I understand...mine's noisy too. I did a job where I 3D machined a guitar neck...took about two hours if I remember correctly. I worried about the router until I looked at the brushes and they're...
I'm kind of in the same boat...I have the Makita RTC0701C as a spindle. With the exception of hurricane force winds coming out of the bottom of it blowing chips everywhere, it's been great. I've...
I don't see why Fusion360 wouldn't work. I've started using it, or more to the point, slowly have been learning it.
...received my 3D printer yesterday. Tronxy P803E...onsale at 3Dprintersonlinestore for $160. Gotta learn to think additive rather than subtractive...LOL.
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I started out by studying a lot of DIY designs and then I just started drawing in Inkscape. I refined the design over several months with suggestions from the good folks on this forum. Motion...
I would think a V shape would work better.