Progress on CNC machine

Thank you very much :) I will as and when i get out there keep you all updated :)

its about 0.002" deep i rubbed paint into groove then wiped off excess carefully ;)
 
Impressive :) Have a look through your software for a clearance figure, if your material is flat you only need a few mm above the surface for clearance, doing this will speed your jobs up as there is less movement required :)
 
Lakeland said:
Impressive :) Have a look through your software for a clearance figure, if your material is flat you only need a few mm above the surface for clearance, doing this will speed your jobs up as there is less movement required :)
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0.020" clearance sounds good enough to me no time to be saved there.

you are talkin about rapid clearance yes if so then yes its as low as im gonna go 0.020".
 
This is really interesting. I've been looking into building a kit CNC machine (from zen toolworks) to make watch dials with but how cool to have made your own.

I've been experimenting with a two piece dial where the top piece has indices and numbers cut into it and the bottom is solid. Would this be able to handle the detail? How accurate a cut is achievable do you think?

I just made this dial - the two parts are off the shelf but the logo, lume work and paint are mine. That would give an idea of what I would want ot achieve accuracy wise for my own designs. doable?

By the way the lume is very bright and the red numbers glow orange, the quarter markers bright green and all the other markers bright blue.

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AcidHell2 said:
Very nice, I'm still really tempted with rep rap. But I don't know it, just needs to be a bit cleverer.
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I was thinking of stripping my makerbot electronics to control a CNC milling machine, but I just do not have the time!
Plus, since I work on actual CNC milling machines (Fanuc, Mazak, Siemens etc) I do not like the lack of control with open source solutions!
I like having full operator panels, overrides etc.

I would love a cheap solution to build my own however, D.Roberts, how much to build one?
 
I want to get a MakerBot at some point, it's something that I'm really interested in, I'm a maintainer on their wiki and have a couple of things on Thingiverse. I also considered a RepRap but it's a lot more effort to get hold of all the parts so a kit is ideal, there is also the RapMan but it costs more than the MakerBot and is not open source.

This is the MakerBot if anyone is curious:

 
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PhillyDee said:
I was thinking of stripping my makerbot electronics to control a CNC milling machine, but I just do not have the time!
Plus, since I work on actual CNC milling machines (Fanuc, Mazak, Siemens etc) I do not like the lack of control with open source solutions!
I like having full operator panels, overrides etc.

I would love a cheap solution to build my own however, D.Roberts, how much to build one?
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have a look at zen toolworks - very reasonably priced from what i can find
 
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