Scratch Build – In Progress My Now finished mean Computer Numerical Control machine build

Look who's talking, gheezer

I'm beginning to wonder what the whole purpose of the shapeoko was. I mean, is there anything left of it in that behemoth?

Seriously though, this is one HELL of a work log.

 

You've got to keep the slightly rusty, rough metal finish. Males it look badass!

 

Suppose you could call it Rust-ic

Excuse the pun

 

Should be ordering the last of the bits tomorrow, then I can finally bring this mammoth build log to its conclusion or maybe not

 

Finally make some thing with it you mean Tel..lol

 

Yeah I really need a new keyring

 

well if you ever need one the size of a tractors tires, you have the tool for the job

 

Lol , I wonder how hard it would be to convert the other one into a 3D printer ?

 

If all our years of good fellowship on these forums and our shared bond of geekdom mean anything at all, promise me this one thing. Because this must be done right and proper, for the correct universal order of things:

When you are ready to activate this thing, do it on a stormy night. Surround yourself with Tesla coils and Jacob's ladders and shout: "Igor, throw the switch!". And when it hums to life, cackle loudly and shout: "It's alive! It's ALIVE!!! Muhahahahahahah!!!"

Oh, and it must have a switch like this:



Video on YouTube please.

 

Lol I'll do my best

 

Some bit's arrived today





The lead screw nuts the brass colour parts will need some adjusting

But first I thought I'd see how the lead screw machines down from 16mm to 10mm, they all will need to be to fit the 10mm bearings both ends and the motor couplings



Looks pretty good to me



Started the next one here



The next picture shows the size of the lead screw the old CNC did have and the size the new one will have

 

Hot lathe action. Hmmmm....

 

...I hate you and love you at the same time

 

looking good bud!! come a long way since the start! Im actually going to be designing a brand new cnc . Im going to design the whole thing myself from the ground up and build it myself. Its going to be interesting to say the least, I learned to much on my first build its time to take my newly acquired skills and make a solid professional machine. Hopefully Ill be able to share the build log here. My cnc pc will be modded in a giant electrical panel maybe It can slide as a mod =D Keep up the good work here tho man! Awesome lathe work by the way! I cant wait to get my lathe, Its so much fun =D Getting a manual mill here in a couple weeks to assist in my cnc building. KEep rocking!

 

Just hate him. he likes it that way

 

Yeah, I've had vision of a Victorian engineering style CNC dancing through my head...

 

Even though I have no idea what any of the stuff in this thread is, I'm loving it.

 

That was just a practice run tbh those lead screws can be a right bugger to lathe down, And there's going to a lot more now the motor mounts have arrived

Thanks lol

 

Sounds like a great idea, and doing a log on bt, yeah mill and a lathe brilliant bits of kit I would be lost without mine they open up whole new ways of doing things

Hmmm a steam powered CNC machine you have got to do that one Nexxo

 

Funny you say that I have no idea what I'm doing either it came to me in a dream