***** Very nice! After watching the video more, I realized my other comment was answered during the video. - I don't know if the drop in nuts are as stable as the slide in kind.
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kinda crazy you buy a kit and stuff is missing..gotta buy screws..and the main part is missing lol ..I really wanta get one of these CNC machines ..as of now . I guess all I can do is window shop.enjoyed the video..didn't have a bunch of music on there that nobody like lol have a good one
Great build :) if i am drilling multiple holes that must align, i will drill one and put a bolt through it, drill next put another bolt through it etc, then they must all align correctly.its easy for the drill to catch and rotate the piece but this will not happen if positively clamped.
Interesting ... when you mounted the router housing ... how do you know if it’s square with the slides and bore. Doesn’t look like there is any adjustment to tram in the router. Nice videos though. Where exactly did you obtain the kit.
Is this your first CNC build? if so welcome to the addiction ;-) Looks like you bought a pretty nice prefabbed kit. everything looks nicely machined and well planned out. While your spindle mounting method is "effective" in the sense that it "works" you really should have squared it to the z-axis movement, or at least left room for adjustment later on. This would make Tramming possible later on. That way you could get the spindle perfectly square to the table. You won't have any problems when using small 1/8" - 3/8" or 1/2" end mills, however if and when you use larger spoilboard cutters and fly cutters measuring 1" - 2.5" for surfacing larger areas you will see ridges forming perpendicular to the axial misalignment, even very small axial misalignment can show in the final machined product depending on the cutter type / diameter and material being cut. you can do some alignment X-axially using shims on the top and bottom of the spindle mount. but I don't see any way for you to align Y-axially without machining the mount holes into short slots or just increasing the hole size slightly. anyhow looks like your motormounts are machined for a nema 23 frame. do you have the motors and electronics yet? Always have fun and Get 'er Done! -idontrunntoofast
***** So does yours come with 380 oz-in steppers and the gecko g540?. It's a nice combination, you wont be disappointed. I have the g540 on the first cnc router I built with similar steppers, only my stuff doesn't come as a kit. I make all my parts on my Bridgeport, lathe and plasma table.. I think that the adjustment screws should work pretty good. I would get socket set screws with pocket points and recess a smallball bearing into the mount where the set screw applies pressure. otherwise the screw will bite into the aluminum... but maybe that is a good thing to keep it from turning... Haha addicting isn't? it I am only twenty-two and I've already converted a Bridgeport, a overhead milling lathe, a woodturning lathe, built two CNC routers, and a plasma table and now I am starting the plans for my seventh CNC project... a 5 axis mill ;-). cant wait to see more videos on your build. -idontrunntoofast
***** Yea solidworks is very expensive.. the only way I can afford it is through the company I work for. I think it costs the company about $9k per user. I actually like autodesk Inventor better personally... It does all of the same stuff, cost's about the same amount. but If you are used to autodesk's industry standard interface (autocad, Inventor, naviworks, REVit) you will realize how much easier and intuitive the interface and commands are... But my company uses Solidworks so that's what I use. I've never used Visual Cadd before... how well does it work? is it a cad or cad + cam software? There is another 3d cad program out there that is often overlooked by much of the industry due to it's low price tag and limited abilities SketchUp The professional version is $600 but the standard version is FREE. I use the professional version at work sometimes to make quick, and easy 3d designs, but I have the standard version at home.. and while it is a bit more limited in what it can do I think that for someone starting in 3d work you simply cannot go wrong with it. It has such a easy learning curve, a clean straight forward interface and I bet you that you could figure out the basics on it in a couple days. the professional version has dxf and stl exportation built in.. and with a plugin you can do the same on the standard version with a free plugin. Thanks, I'll be sure to try and do some design when I get homethis weekend.. hopefully record it and upload as soon as I get the chance :-) -Idontrunntoofast
While this kit seems to be well designed. I'd be inclined to use a ratchet with a hex driver bit to assemble it. Or I'd probably end up with a severe case of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome .
but the cnc is able to cut aluminium? i want ro buy it but i need extreme precision when i want to cut steel. do you think this cnc is able to make the job?
This kit is no longer available. Some sizes are : Aluminum profiles 60 x 60 mm Linear rails 20 mm Ball screws 15.5 mm , 5mm pitch Gantry end plates, Aluminum 18.062" x 5.562" x 3/4 thick Z axis back plate 9.25" x 5.875" x 1/2" thick Z axis front plate 16.5" x 5.75" x 1/2" thick
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