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CNC-2116 - Up and running, sort of (2015-03-21)
PL1:
Any ball-park (+/- $100) cost estimates for your kit and also for the stepper motors/control boards/other needed parts to make it functional?
Might make it easier for people to determine if a CNC build can fit into their budget.
Scott
Yvan256:
--- Quote from: PL1 on July 02, 2014, 02:31:12 pm ---Any ball-park (+/- $100) cost estimates for your kit and also for the stepper motors/control boards/other needed parts to make it functional?
Might make it easier for people to determine if a CNC build can fit into their budget.
Scott
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I haven't really priced all the parts for any given volume yet, but my target would be around 200 to 250$USD for a complete kit (CNC64, stepper motors, belt+pulleys/ACME rods+nuts, control board and stepper drivers and all the various hardware such as nuts and bolts), you would only need to supply two things: your own rotary tool (I would probably offer two or three choices for the mount) and your own power supply. I'm trying to use a regular ATX power supply for the setup, since those are easy to get everywhere, even if it's from old PCs.
Because of the popularity of RepRaps, the price of the hardware needed for a small desktop CNC has gone down quite a lot for the last few years, even more since the time I started my CNC project thread.
Even so, I'm guessing volume pricing on the parts needed would probably allow me to go even lower than the prices I mentioned above.
edit: revised the price range.
Yvan256:
I'm still busy writing new parts for my CAD256 program.
The latest addition is a function to cut alphanumeric text. I've based the font on what is possible with a 16-segment display and retouched some characters a bit.
Yvan256:
Took quite some time, but they're ready. It's nice to see eight plates on the same board. ;D
Yvan256:
Well, adding support for G-code was easy enough. It's not totally optimized yet, but it should work.
I even tested it with SimpleGCoder HTML5 G-code Editor, and it looks the same as the output as CAD256, apart from my program displaying tabs and not showing the above-the-workpiece movements.
CAD256
SimpleGCoder HTML5 G-code Editor
So... since I haven't had time to complete CNC64 yet, is anyone stupid brave enough to volunteer and test the G-code output of CAD256 on his/her CNC machine*?
* 1/8" end mill (Dremel #650) required and limit switches on all ends of all axes is highly recommended. ;)
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