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Our Danish friends David Pedersen and the guys from AC/KW got together and built a CNC machine from scratch. There are lots of videos and pictures of the build on the site. Have a look at the 3D Hacked Gadgets logo, this machine does a great job! What makes the CNC mill tick? It’s the controller board. I don’t want to go into details on how the CNC controller board has been designed. This is just a quick overview of the project, and a more detailed description of each subsystem will be written some day. The board is based around a central PIC controller, the PIC18f2220. An optocoupler bridge isolate the parallel port cable from a PC from the rest of the board. You cannot see this bridge on the picture below as it is SMD mounted on the back site of the board. 3 arrays of FET transistors are used to provide motor control, and the firmware written to the PIC micro controller is compliant with commercial CNC software such as Mach3 and turbocnc.”
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June 21st, 2007
Wow. this is fabulous.
I’ve only seen one CNC machine in my life and that too wasn’t working. I like the concept though!
June 21st, 2007
Not bad! I wonder how it handles steel? If no steel, how many IPMs in aluminum?
If I ever make an aluminum machine, I imagine it looking something like that.
June 21st, 2007
I would use it to make custom lego pieces.
June 21st, 2007
Another home-made CNC, from a friend of mine
http://www.devilmaster.org/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=40
June 21st, 2007
I’ve been doing some research on making one of my own, to be used mostly for PCB fabrication and milling. Still in the concept/daydream phase of development, though
June 22nd, 2007
It looks good enough to make me jealous
B.t.w @Joebob, for making Lego you really need this one
http://jwstolk.xs4all.nl/millp.htm
June 23rd, 2007
http://www.cnczone.com is a good resource
June 27th, 2007
That what I need… how much did that cost to make?
June 27th, 2007
I guess (didn’t build it !), you’ll spend between 500 and 1500 Us$, 500 being _very_ cheap in price and quality.
http://www.cnczone.com is indeed _the_ place for more info.
July 24th, 2007
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for the mail and hope you are doing well today.I will like to know if you do carry CNC MACHINE .Do get back to me with the types and cost for the ones you do carry and let me know if there is an extra cost whne using visa or mastercard.Kindly get back to me with your name and your direct phone number.Are you the sales manager or the owner?
Regards…
Bob Andersen
July 24th, 2007
Hi Bob,
You will have to talk to David, go here and click contact.
http://www.volunteerlabrat.com
November 25th, 2007
LOOKING FOR CNC MACHINES BUT INTERESSANTE PRICES WE ARE LOOKING
FOR YOUR REPRESANTATION IN MOROCCO
December 9th, 2007
I was working on CNC’s and Laser machines for about 14years SCM,ROVER,FLEXICAM,PERSONAL BRAVO (LASER). HERE IN THE UAE. and I’m really interested in making my own but I dont know how! so well done and good Job!!!!
December 16th, 2007
well done i think you are genius
December 16th, 2007
i like home stuf
February 11th, 2008
piles cnc book’s sund no.20 meeraniy street’ colombo-12 sri lanka
April 30th, 2008
Dear Sir ,
I want to build CNC machine I can arrange Frame & motors
But the main problem here is the electrical part, I don’t know from
where I get the boards also I don’t know how I can manage the connection
between motors and software’s through the board.
And Also I will be appreciated if you tell me from where I can get the
boards with suitable price because I am beginner.
Regards
February 6th, 2009
Nice maschine. Would be fun to have at home. Nice result you got there
April 4th, 2009
i like the way they built the linear guides for the machine’s table, it’s similar to what we did when we built our DIY router.
if you’re thinking about building your own CNC router/mill, you might find this short tutorial on the software/electrical part i wrote helpful:
http://happydroid.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-diy-cnc-mill-pt-1-software.html
This is the easiest and cheapest practical way i found to get some steppers running.
April 13th, 2009
I am a newbie and need all the help I can get!!!
I would like to take a photo, and with the aid of a CNC type machine, build a soap mold out of silicone. I understand this is how the company I buy molds from does it. They took a photo,which I sent them, of my daughter on her horse and sent me back a silicone mold which allows me to produce numerous bars of soap.
I would like to work with someone to be able to do the same thing cheaply on a custom basis.
Any help would be wonderful…thank you in advance.
April 13th, 2009
Hi John,
Here is some information that could help out. The CNC machine is just a way to simplify the carving process.
http://www.masterlinemolds.com/CUSTOM%20SOAP%20MOLDS.htm
http://miniatures.about.com/od/miniaturebasics/p/silmoldputty.htm