Modding Project: DIY CNC - V3 Reinforced Z Axis

thanks lenne, i can't wait to mount them on my computer !!!

 

Too cool! Two updates in one. Now I can expect a nice post from Dark soon Sweet work there lenne!

 

omg this is sum awesome work!!!

haha im glad i have sum german blood in me hopefully it will help me 1 day

 

Dont be too enthusiastic, its hard to cope with my second being always trying to dominate the world

but anyhows look what ive done ! a beautiful pice of suction on top of my workdesk, always ready to slip and crush my head









In other related news, stag !

 

Great Scott, You've given it a whale lung! Scaring the hell out'a that poor animal! he he he. Looks great lenne. cheers

 

Thanks loose, best part about it is that it sucks alright...

 

Exactly what kind of business are starting up with that thing? LOL

 

Business like this

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...11899&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_708wt_1137

 

I bought my mother a Gorilla face for her glasses last year and she still laughs about it. laughter is good. she doesn't lose her glasses now. I wish you well my friend.

 

ok, some updates here aswell...

New controller board ( i broke the charge pump security funktion on my old board and it couldnt switch 220v )







Control Box v3 ( i now, its a board, not a box )







A roundup of the cutters i use

10mm Roughing cutter ( i love that thing )



10mm finishing cutter



6mm finishing cutter



8mm long finishing cutter



Some wood (mahagoni )



getting it ready for the cnc



Starting the roughing







And the finish pass





And a new vid !

 

I want one!! is all I could think. so cool! lets say, if I, who don't know anything about a cnc, try to build one, how hard is it? how much does it cost?

And, is that a mountain range model, or lots of those face piece stuff to put you glasses on?

I the end, this is so cool.

 

wow nice machine many shiny things btw now i understand why my dad loved to work in germany

 

Thx Guys

Razer: it really depends on what u want, theres no generel formula to calculate how much a diy cnc is, u can easily build one for a couple of 100 bucks, and on the other end of the scale u can easily spend as much as 50000, so there really are no limits in either direction ( ive seen cncs for nothing, hacked together from printer parts etc... )

the pics show heaps of the nose thingies

Snake: Germany is a good place to work, thats for sure, im not so sure about many other things though

 

And those cnc's for "nothing", are they then less than $500?

 

They certainly are, if you google it ull find some examples but the ones ive seen are only trong enough to route pcbs and foam, everything else would be too much... ( and theyre very small, because parts were hacked from printers )

 

Impressive build tho can I make a suggestion why not make those nose thingies that are capable of charging phones as well?

 

Hey, I have to say, because of this thread, I'm going to build my own. Thanks for posting your progress, it has been very helpful to me. I'm interested in replicating the size of something similar to the first one you built.

Can I ask, would there be any reason to use 40mmx40mm extruded aluminium over 30mmx30mm? I plan on building the base from 30mm x 30mm extruded aluminium. Base to be 1200mm (length) x 700mm (width) x 200mm (height) or close to it.

 

that would be rather easy to implement but whatfor exactly ?

i build mine from 45x45 i wouldnt advise to use anything less strong if u can afford it.

 

Simply amazing ...

How strong is your stepping motors? ...I'm looking at:

Sanyo Denki 103H7126-0740 - Holding torque : 1,65 Nm (1,3 Nm)
45 Euro

But don't know if it's better to buy some stronger ones, to be on the safe side.

Sanyo Denki 103H-7823-1741 - Holding torque : 3,0 Nm
65 Euro.

Sorry the bad english ...Impressive build.

 

Mine are 3nm but theyre underpowered, i would recomment to use atleast 6nm nema 34 on a build like mine, if its smaller u can use 3nm, but dont get anything less than that, loosing steps because of insufficient motor torque is a big hassle and u can easily avoid it.