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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
« 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

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / I wanted to show my homemade CNC.
« 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

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Hello Everyone,

I am new to the forum today.

In the work world I am a maintenance apprentice for Eaton Corporation in a heavy duty truck transmission plant. ( We make Semi Transmissions ).

In my hobby life however I am a woodworker, who has decided to build my first CNC Router.

I am planning on running a Mach3 control with a wireless Xbox controller for the manual jog. I am also thinking of adding a 4th axis, and a touch probe for scanning 3D surfaces.

All of this is new ground for me so I am learning as I go.

If anyone has any thoughts about this setup please feel free to voice them to me.

Thank You,

David

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