Here is a video of my CNC router

[ynneb]

I feel I need to show a video of the machine working before I actually show you how I built it.
The reason been, the router was built very cheaply, and crudely.
I did not have the luxury of a lathe or mill or any fancy machinery.
The only tools I had was hand tools, a welder, an angle grinder, and a electric drill.
This machine was made with a manufacturing purpose in mind, and payed for itself many times over.
I will post some closer pictures of how it was built, as well as some of the things I have made with it.

Please click the arrow on the below picture to start the video

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/1HxwgAV8On0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/1HxwgAV8On0</a>

[Chaoticone]

Flower power. LOL When are you going to build another one?

Brett

[Hood]

Think we will have to call you daisy from now on

[Greolt]

"The Fat Fella From Aus"     That's a bit harsh!!!     

What sort of spindle do you have on that?

Greg

[ynneb]

The job was done as a freebie for Salvation Army who was decorating a hall for a kids club.
The spindle is a GMC 2400 w hand held router with the handles surgically removed. At $150 bucks I treat it as a consumable. I have replaced it once, as the main bearing seized.
It probably did 400 hours work. The thing that killed it was it had a high duty cycle, meaning it would run 8 hours with very short breaks.
Would you settle for overweight chap from Melbourne then ?

The whole machine cost about $3500 to build.

EDIT the frame is 2M wide and not 4 as it shows.

[Hood]

Nice pics , gives a much clearer idea of how things are done.
Thanks Benny

Hood (little fat bald bas*&%d from Scotland )

[ynneb]

Its about time I did this thread. Pretty bad of me to expect others to make these sorts of threads and me not do the same.
Some more pics.

The timing belts have steel wire threads in the middle.

[ynneb]

Intermission.......Here are some of the things I have made with the router.
I made quite a few hundred wall aquariums as well as some other private and one off stuff.

[ynneb]

More.......and one pic of me so you can see what a fat fella from Aus looks like.

[ynneb]

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