RSSEasy to build desktop CNC machine
Really nice, clean build of a desktop CNC machine using plumbing parts and other readily available materials.
Easy to Build Desk Top 3 Axis CNC Milling Machine - Link
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- HOW TO - Make a 3 axis CNC milling machine - Link
- HOW TO - 3D (3 axis) milling - Link
- 3D LEGO CNC router / milling machine - Link
- Homemade CNC machine (video) - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 25, 2007 02:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Instructables, Toolbox |
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| Posted by: samurai1200 on August 26, 2007 at 10:31 PM |
Gah, none of these desktop CNCs are really "easy to build," they are only "simpler than some others." For instance, this instructable is missing all the requirements to interfacing with a computer...
The next MAKE volume needs step-by-steps on how to do a desktop CNC!!!!!!!!!!
| Posted by: tsaylor on August 27, 2007 at 10:38 AM |
"The next MAKE volume needs step-by-steps on how to do a desktop CNC!!!!!!!!!!"
Absolutely. That'd be excellent, and it could use the Make controller!
| Posted by: RussNelson on August 30, 2007 at 11:57 AM |
Unfortunately, the Make controller only has eight binary outputs. It can only control two stepping motors.
| Posted by: Crosius on November 23, 2007 at 4:12 PM |
Not exactly - it can only control two stepper motors without additional hardware.
If you add driver boards with direction & step inputs, you can drive 4 such boards (and therefore 4 motors) with the 8 outputs. You just need to use them as paired digital outputs.
Of course, you'd also lose the easy OSC-based stepper commands without compiling your own firmware and reworking those sections of the code.
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