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| Howard_Casto:
Yeah it's 3d printers 2: electric boogaloo. So I've enjoyed my 3d printer but for what I want to use it for it just isn't suited, and by that I mean structural parts and items that don't have lines all over them that need post processing to fix. So I ordered this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MZB5RVM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Solid aluminum frame, 52mm, 200 watt motor and the price was right. I should be able to just barely mill some aluminum with it which will work well for it's intended use.... Injection molding. There are now kits to build a hobby grade injection molder for around 200 bucks. So if I build that and use the cnc machine to mill aluminum molds I should be able to make small plastic parts for arcade nonsense and perhaps for toys.... say gap fillers and guns for transformers. Plus it'd be cool to carve stuff into wood, make signs, machine parts for specific uses ect. If the machine can't handle aluminum a spindle upgrade and linear rails for around $100 should make that happen. Additionally the only custom parts are the plates that hold the extruded beams together so I should be able to cheaply upgrade the size somewhat if I ever want to. |
| bobbyb13:
Looking forward to see what you discover with this. Very cool. And oh my, I do NOT need another hobby. (I'll keep telling myself this-) |
| BadMouth:
I bought a similar smaller one a few years ago and added the mini controller/card reader. The purpose was to learn Fusion360. I can't seem to wrap my head around Fusion360, so haven't used the CNC machine (at all). I bought a Fusion360 parametric modeling textbook, but can't make myself dedicate time to it regularly. Too busy fiddling with 3D printers I guess. I did generate gcode with fusion360 a few times, but it never worked on the machine. I moved the machine from the workshop to my desk three months ago so I would mess with it again. I haven't. It should be easy to get it working with Easel, but I've failed. Pretty sure I could use it with Vcarve which I learned at a shopbot training session, but that will only do 2.5D and I haven't been willing to buy a copy. I look forward to seeing you get it working to give me some motivation. :) |
| nitrogen_widget:
I have a compressor from a refrigerator my buddy gutted to make a powder coating oven. i grabbed it for a vacuum chamber for resin casting. which i have yet to even look at past noticing just how heavy it is for such a small object. |
| Howard_Casto:
Fusion seems to have a pretty high learning curve for whatever reason. Any 3d modeling program can export stl or similar formats and those can be imported to easel so a better option might be to try one of the art-oriented 3d modeling programs and simply export the whole thing to be converted to g-code in another program. I always found 3dsmax to be a good modeling suite.... maya is also good. I do feel like learning the software is going to be the hardest part. Manually inserting tool changes in the code and what-not seems cumbersome. I'm also going to buy a cheap drag knife and make an attachment to cut vinyl. I'm not particularly interested in the laser attachment.... I mean why burn wood when you can carve it? Someone is going to have to explain the benefits on that one to me. |
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