CNC Router
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I've drawn this and re-drawn this so many times, I've given up on all the nuts and bolts. But this is what I'm going with. After adding up all the costs (Excluding the Router because I have a 3.25 HP Porter Cable), I can build this for $2,800.00. It's a custom 2'x6' table. Everything in blue is steel, The gantry will weigh in at about 335 lbs.
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Why only a 2' x 6' table?
I'll be interested to see the build. Perhaps you can add to this thread with WIP photos of the build.
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will do with the pics. I need the 6' length but have limitef shop space for what I am making.
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Looking forward to this.
Mine is still not finished, it took me about 3 years but only between drops and incoming money.
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So Ely, what do you plan to cut? You may have some problems
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I plan on cutting most of the plastics, foams, wood and aluminum.
I plan on having two heights for the table one lower and one higher for aluminum and harder stuff.
Try to make all the possible pieces on a cnc or a lathe machine.
I didn't do that and I encountered a lot of mistakes and problems on the way.
Btw it is good to place all the bolts. I didn't do it at first and then I had to cut some other parts to make way for them.
Further more I made my own design and now I kind of regret it as I am not an engineer and this is my first build. Now I already have different ideas for improvements.
The main problem is that I built it in a kind of pyramidal way and I need to remove much of the assembly to get to some parts. When I will get it to work and hopefully make some money with it I will cnc my own parts and I will rebuild it in a better way. -
Ely Go Here: http://www.cncroutersource.com/build-your-own-cnc-router.html
They have a whole set of pages of stuff for the DIY including calculators. I have mine down to .001 inch error, and I can tell based on simple math I learned there you won't do aluminum.
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