Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Started making a (small) CNC Router

this is my first ever made cnc router.
i always wanted to make one but never had the courage to finally begin building one. now i have/am making one

here are the pictures of the initial design and some specs:


-> note that the base of the initial design will be shorter when i actually make the router, i wanted to put the controller in the base of the router but decided afterwards to put it in a seperate box.



Type:
fixed gantry
size:
48cm x 62cm x 37cm
cutting surface:
20cm x 38cm (and the Z-axis can move 6cm up from the cutting surface)
materials base:
waterproof multiplex
materials Z-axis:
PVC 10mm

controller: 3x M542 Drivers + 1 'universal' breakout board

Motors:
3x Nema 23
router:
Dremel (for now a cheap rip-of Dremel)










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