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General CNC Chat => Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) => Topic started by: DDWALKER on October 13, 2012, 07:14:37 PM

Title: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: DDWALKER on October 13, 2012, 07:14:37 PM

Hello All,

Back in June I Built a CNC router made from plywood. I made the 30 x 50 work surface by creating a torsion box and topping it with a piece of white melamine. The lead screws and lead nuts are .625" 10 TPI and I purchased them from Roton.com. I used 1.25" aluminum angle and sealed 608 ball bearings for the linear rail system. The stepper motors, drives, power supply, breakout board and relay board were all purchased from Probotix.com. I am running 32 bit Windows 7 and using a wireless X-Box controller for my jog box. And finally I found a used Renishaw MP8 wireless probe for creating 3D point clouds. Total investment, including Mach 3, Vectric V-carve pro, and my bare-bones PC from tigerdirect.com, was around $3000.

The Mach 3 has proven to be very good software. It made my router build a lot easier to complete.

My router is my own personal design, However - I did a ton of research online before the build. So -Thank You- to all that have gone before me and smoothed the path to a successful router build.

-David

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: BR549 on October 13, 2012, 08:35:25 PM

GOOD JOB, Something to be proud of.

(;-) TP

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: Overloaded on October 13, 2012, 10:32:05 PM

Hi David,
   I commend you on your skills, ability and frugal approach ... BRAVO !
Your "natural" engineering would most likely have greater structural integrity than some of the all metal designs I have seen.
Job well done.
Russ

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: Chaoticone on October 14, 2012, 01:03:22 AM

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Hi David,
   I commend you on your skills, ability and frugal approach ... BRAVO !
Your "natural" engineering would most likely have greater structural integrity than some of the all metal designs I have seen.
Job well done.
Russ

Ditto!

Brett

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on October 14, 2012, 04:40:59 AM

Hi David,

Nice job - certainly a bit of sturdy construction. Thanks for showing us your build.

Tweakie.

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: DICKEYBIRD on October 14, 2012, 09:19:23 AM

Great job!  I enjoy making things frugally too; it's very satisfying as well as keeping peace with 'er indoors!

One suggestion though: get some nice machine grey paint on it.  Not only will it look better but it'll reduce the wood's tendency to expand & contract with humidity changes.

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: Sam on October 14, 2012, 11:36:32 AM

Nice job David! I don't recall ever seeing a ply construction as beefy as yours. Now your gonna have to show off some of your projects that come off of that machine!

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: DDWALKER on October 14, 2012, 12:40:59 PM

Hello Again,

Thanks for all of the kind comments. I have a couple of signs to show that I am proud of. These two signs are actually for two different guy's named Donnie. Both friends from work. Also a Maple with Walnut inlay trial done with V-Carve Pro.  Enjoy.  :)

-David

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: Chaoticone on October 14, 2012, 12:57:51 PM

Very Nice David!  You should be proud of those.

Brett

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: Overloaded on October 14, 2012, 01:23:40 PM

Cold beer on tap at the garage .... can't beat that !

Very nice work.

Thanks !

Russ

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: JHChoppers on October 17, 2012, 01:45:20 PM

Nice Build and Signs! 

Title: Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
Post by: Dan13 on October 17, 2012, 02:00:22 PM

Nice and well constructed machine! Good work on the signs too.

Dan