tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10136572766429950322024-02-20T01:46:52.758-08:00Poor Man's CNCA building blog for my homemade CNC machine!rasmadrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811309356939122577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013657276642995032.post-80034702254847939212014-07-29T03:12:00.003-07:002014-07-29T03:12:54.698-07:00Someday.......I'll start this. But this is not the day. :)<br />
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All the "it should be easy" and "just do this and that" project seems to be piling up...<br />
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<br />rasmadrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811309356939122577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013657276642995032.post-80479395050101646342013-08-08T06:00:00.003-07:002013-08-08T06:00:34.514-07:00Doh!Just noticed a big drawing error in the design below... Can you spot it? ;)rasmadrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811309356939122577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013657276642995032.post-42695653515212120722013-08-08T02:26:00.002-07:002013-08-08T02:26:13.008-07:00Food for thoughts...I'm thinking about making the machine slightly modular in nature.<br />
Mostly because I don't have room to have it standing permanently in one place, and I'd also like it to be expandable in size. Having it modular solves these problems.<br />
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Designing it is a whole other beast thou!rasmadrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811309356939122577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013657276642995032.post-78178310739915528462013-08-08T02:19:00.002-07:002013-08-08T02:24:39.834-07:00Preliminary sketches<br />
So this is the current state of the CNC-machine:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">1) Front view. I won't go into a lot of details yet, but it will be chain driven X/Y-wise and a lead screw for the Z-axis. I hope to reduce the carriage width by around 5-10 cm in the final version.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">2) Side view. Hopefully I've gotten most of the weight centered to avoid wobbling. The expected cut length is around 117.5 cm, which is slightly larger than a regular pinball playfield. Larger pieces can be cut with a little manual repositioning of the carriage and resetting of the zero-position in software, but I do believe this should be sufficient to start with. </td></tr>
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Not too impressive, but I'd rather have it as good as possible before actually making it.<br />
Note that the rails for this design is based on 30mm width/height, but hopefully I'll find L-profiles of a smaller size so the overall design will be slimmer and the cut area slightly larger.<br />
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Thoughts?rasmadrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811309356939122577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013657276642995032.post-85868350633652363232013-08-02T07:14:00.001-07:002013-08-02T07:15:20.769-07:00Well, here I go again...Hi there,<br />
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As the pinball build is starting to become finished, I'm starting this blog to keep inspiration up for my CNC machine that is currently being planned. I will build it by hand first, then use the machine to manufacture more precise pieces to improve itself.<br />
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At the moment, I've got more or less all parts so it <i style="font-weight: bold;">should</i> just be a matter of cutting some MDF, getting a few nuts and bolts and piece it together.<br />
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But as usual, I have a tendency to underestimate my project's building times...<br />
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<i>By the way - </i><br />
<i>In case you want to check out my BioShock custom pinball machine, go to <a href="http://poormanspinball.blogspot.se/">Poor Man's Pinball</a> to find out more about it!</i><br />
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