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CNC-2116 - Up and running, sort of (2015-03-21)
Yvan256:
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--- Quote from: Yvan256 on January 11, 2013, 04:57:08 pm --- I'm just happy to be able to use a small CNC to cut parts for my bigger CNC. :D
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:laugh2: That my friend is how the robot apocalypse starts
I love it!
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Nah, we're safe, I won't let the bigger CNC machine cut another even bigger CNC machine. :laugh:
Yvan256:
Yesterday I bought a 3/8 inch thick, 49x97 inches MDF panel and cut it into smaller panels that can fit inside the Roland MDX-3. I ended up with 120 panels of 17x11cm and 40 smaller panels roughly 9~10x11cm.
Here's a photo of the piles of panels next to the Roland MDX-3 cutting the very first panel of the bigger CNC machine, sitting on five layers of big bubblewrap sheets to eliminate the vibration. The old IBM ThinkPad 760XL is sitting on top of the three piles of 17x11cm panels.
I'm still making the cutting files manually in Google Sketchup by measuring the coordinates of the tool and typing them inside my custom MDX program made in PHP. It's slow but at least there's no costly software involved. ;)
The second photo is an attempt of taking a close-up of the tool cutting one of the holes in the panel. I think I'll need to tape a flashlight on my Nintendo DSi.
edit: the third photo shows cutting progress two hours later.
edit: the fourth photo shows the finished panel four hours and twenty minutes later. Did I mention patience was required to cut MDF with the MDX-3? ;)
kahlid74:
I like where you are going so far. I too am building a CNC machine but I decided with a 4x6 cutting area and a mobile base that folds up so the machine can be moved around.
Keep up the good work!
Yvan256:
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on January 14, 2013, 09:30:08 am ---I like where you are going so far. I too am building a CNC machine but I decided with a 4x6 cutting area and a mobile base that folds up so the machine can be moved around.
Keep up the good work!
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Thanks!
Do you mean 4x6 cm, 4x6 inches or 4x6 feet?
I like the folding/mobile idea, do you have a thread for your build?
Update on my build: the MDX-3 is currently busing cutting the second panel of the bigger CNC machine. Same as the first one above except with two holes for bolts.
kahlid74:
--- Quote from: Yvan256 on January 14, 2013, 09:36:32 am ---
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on January 14, 2013, 09:30:08 am ---I like where you are going so far. I too am building a CNC machine but I decided with a 4x6 cutting area and a mobile base that folds up so the machine can be moved around.
Keep up the good work!
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Thanks!
Do you mean 4x6 cm, 4x6 inches or 4x6 feet?
I like the folding/mobile idea, do you have a thread for your build?
Update on my build: the MDX-3 is currently busing cutting the second panel of the bigger CNC machine. Same as the first one above except with two holes for bolts.
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No thread yet, I'm procuring all of the parts now. It's a 5 feet by 6.5 feet totaling a cutting area of 4 feet by 6 feet. I wanted to be able to mill a side of a regular arcade cabinet or as close to the standard size as possible while still being mobile. The base is 11ga steel 2" square tubing welded together. There are two cross beams that will stabilize the whole getup.
The design I'm using is on Joe's CNC board which you have to pay to join. Here's a picture of the guy's machine I'm modeling mine after:
It's Dkohfeld's CNC machine and he is actually a frequent of these boards as well including Mountain, whose CNC machine is the stuff of legend.
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