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 smart guy and a fast learner.

I have a rough idea of the design worked out in 3D, but I have to finish nailing it down today now that I have all the components in-hand.

For its guts it has a Keling Inc 3-axis package with KL-4030 drivers and 425oz-in NEMA23 steppers.

Its construction consists of a bunch of 80/20 extrusions that I got good deals on from their eBay surplus store.

The linear motion is 1/2-10 Acme screw, and precision steel shafts with linear bearings.

The (maybe temporary) brain is a very old Athlon 1800+ machine running the custom Ubuntu EMC2 linux distro.

The spindle is a Bosch 1617 in a mount from K2CNC.

Hopefully this will turn out really well. You can look forward to my detailed status reports (And lots of pictures!) as things progress.