Wood Router CNC Machine
I came across the Makerslide product recently – see my post on my PCB CNC Machine Blog for the full skinny on this product. Suffice to say, I thought I would have a go at modelling something using this product. The current idea is a 4×2 machine: This machine makes use of belts (not currently…
Changed to an to be capable of milling a full sized sheet of MDF. Swapped the long side from X to Y, less moving mass. Doubled up on the X and changed to plate aluminium rather than profile for the X carriage. Plate Aluminium on the ends of the X beam, which is now…
Basic design with 40x120mm extrusion for the main axes. Changed to Unistrut for the Y axis and added some basic slides and a gearbox of sorts, I am not entirely convinced that this would have been vey stable. Some better slides, based on the ones from CNC Router Parts and a first attempt at a Z axis.…
This CNC machine has been in the design process even longer than my PCB CNC Machine. First of all I was thinking of something along the lines of the Build your own CNC Machine: or maybe a JGRO: I also liked the look of Joe’s 2006: but really liked Joe’s 4×4 Hybrid. There is loads of…