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Old 01-17-2009, 06:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I cant be the only one thinking about making a cnc

has anyone here made one?
is there a large price defrence?
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Old 01-17-2009, 09:21 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 01-19-2009, 01:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Here are some pictures of one I built about 4 years ago, Sold it because I did not know how to write programs to run it.

you will find if you want to built it for procession cutting the linear bearings will be the biggest cost.

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Here are post on the driver
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...ght=cnc+router

Another thread on building a machine, A lot od reading for you to do
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62920

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Nice table. What did something like this cost you when you were done?
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If memory serves me right around $1,700.00 but did a lot of shopping for the linear bearings

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Here is shor video I made when I was selling it.


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Old 01-19-2009, 07:47 PM   #8 (permalink)
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check these out. I built mine for about $2,500 I got a lot of price breaks and "freebies" also. If you can't draw in Autocad or similar or read g-code, you should learn this before jumping into building a CNC. just my $.02 worth
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.............. If you can't draw in Autocad or similar or read g-code.......
i can draw in autocad in 2d fairly well and in 3d i can get basic thing nothing to complicated


never heard of similiar or g-code

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g-code is what "tells" the cnc to move left,right,up down and everything in between. there are many g-codes, m-codes that you will have to learn if you don't want to crash your cnc and kill parts. I went to college to learn all the programming, here is an example of g-code, you can open it with notepad. this is a simple circle with 3 holes equally spaced on an interior bolt circle.
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This is a good machine..it's in kit form..

http://buildyourcnc.com/default.aspx
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g-code is what "tells" the cnc to move left,right,up down and everything in between. there are many g-codes, m-codes that you will have to learn if you don't want to crash your cnc and kill parts. I went to college to learn all the programming, here is an example of g-code, you can open it with notepad. this is a simple circle with 3 holes equally spaced on an interior bolt circle.
do you type that out or does a program do that for you

are those numbers are coordinates?

im kinda interested in going to college for this but i want to get a idea on what its like.

thanks logan

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