My current build.
My current build.
More pics.
Painted.
Looking good man! I dig the color scheme! Looks like you were careful to buy some excellent components. Once you have your cnc working, you will most likely start dreaming up another bigger cnc. Most of that hardware will be transferable. How did you seal the MDF before you painted it?
Keep going!
:cheers:
Two motors mounted and some lead screw connections.
Closer.....
Looks good - what is the footprint of the unit and are you following someones plans or is this your own design?
Z Axis complete.
I got my motor extensions soldered on today. Slow week
I'm designing and building a CNC table that is very similar in size to this one. Could you please tell me the torque values or model numbers of your steppers and the thread pitch you used on your lead screws (1 or 5 start)?
On my machine I use these Stepper Motors, they are small but they work. I use 3/8-16 1 start threaded rod from the hardware store for lead screws. The new machine I am building will have 425oz motors and 1/2-10 5 start acme screws.
My CNC Router Build - http://tinyurl.com/c3vs3ca
Nice build! What CAD/CAM software are you going to use? MACH3? EMC? What are you planning on cutting first? Cheers!
I recommend EMC2, it's what we use and it is amazing. I got on a shopbot and the interface was so clunky compared to EMC, I just could not stand it.
Another slow few days but I got the end connectors on the motor leads and the wire chain on the z axis.
That's one of the best jobs I've seen on an MDF CNC! Awesome work!
cheers,
Ian
It's rumoured that everytime someone buys a TB6560 based board, an engineer cries!