scudderfish
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| posted on 6/6/11 at 11:50 AM |
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Locost CNC milling machine?
MIT $500 DIY CNC milling
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/06/mtm-snap-is-a-low-cost-cnc-milling-machine-that-snaps-together
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RichardK
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| posted on 6/6/11 at 12:18 PM |
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Cool, I want one!
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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Strontium Dog
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| posted on 6/6/11 at 12:23 PM |
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That's probably great for drilling circuit boards and the like but I wouldn't like to machine any metals on it that need any reasonable
level of accuracy as it just cant be rigid enough. There is a reason that mills have massive castings! Even my little Axminster (glorified drill
press) is much, much heavier than that and it deflects if you try to take too generous a cut in steel so I usually only use it for non ferrous unless
it's just a suspension bracket that needs making etc.
The stuff about building your own cnc machine can be applied to machines like my Axminster and would make a much more useful tool in the long run but
at higher cost of course! IMHO of course!
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 6/6/11 at 12:25 PM |
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Looks good  Dispite it's limitations a great place so start learning..
[Edited on 6/6/11 by Bluemoon]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 6/6/11 at 01:49 PM |
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google rockwell cnc or look at the lcb of cnc CNCzone.com-The Largest Machinist Community on the net!
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