How to Make a Three Axis CNC Machine (Cheaply and Easily)

A salute to those who have laboured through to this point (and to demonstrate that it is reproducable) Here are some pictures of other peoples machines. Photo 1 - Chris and his friend put together this unit; laser cutting the parts out of half inch acrylic. Not only does it look super it must weigh a ton. But kudos, anyone who's worked with acrylic knows laser cutting it is great but it is a very very unfriendly material to drill and there is a lot of side drilling in this design. Good job guys, check out more details (and photos including some testing with circuit boards) on Chris's blog rainbowlazer.com. Photo 2 - Sam McCaskill has finished his desktop CNC machine and it's looking really really nice. Photo 3 - Angry Monk's - With MDF pieces cut on a laser cutter and drive converted from toothed belts to threaded rod (If you have built one and would like it featured here, please send me a PM and we can arrange for the sending of photos)

Downloads « DIYLILCNC Downloads Detailed instruction sets covering every step of our build, from parts lists to assembly and Linux setup; digital source files used for laser-cut/CNC fabrication. Creative Commons License Info The plans and source files for this project are released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license. Community Sandbox We’ll be using this section to publish modified files that relate to the DIYLILCNC. These files have not been reviewed in any way. These files have been reviewed visually but not tested. These files have been cut and tested by a forum member. Solidworks 2009 Credit: Jacques Favreau. DIYLILCNC

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