Dear all,
I have started a series of posts in English about my home-built universal CNC machine for my modelling needs. While there is a lot of information already out there, this is more about showing how available it is for anyone, who is able to DCC-wire things, build benchworks, model structures and/or robots. The rest of the page is very Latvian, but the CNC-related posts will remain in English and will be easy to locate through tags or maybe a category in the future. I have tons of pictures by now from varous building, re-building and upgrade processes, but the big project of my own 1000m2 public model railroad exhibition is taking its toll. I will try to get something up every week, but my appologies in advance if I happen to miss a post.
Finally - a link http://mazabrinumzeme.lv/?p=97
Thank you for your interest,
Edmunds
Nice looking machine. Old dot-matrix business printers are a good source for motors, guide bars, and sleeve bearings. The printer doesn’t need to be working. It’s usually the circuit chips or printer heads that go bad. The parts you’re after are probably still in good shape.
Steve S
It stands for Computer Numeric Control. Basically it means using a computer to control a machine such as a 3-axis router, a 2-D plotter or vinyl cutter, or a 3D printer. You design something in the computer (either 2D or 3D), use some CAM software to convert the design into G-code, and then send it out to the CNC machine.
Go to Youtube and type in CNC Router and you’ll get lots of hits.
ETA: Here’s a guy carving an RC plane fuselage out of foam. This is an example of 3D work. 2D would be cutting out shapes from thin sheets of wood, styrene, or brass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdpLS0byRjY
Steve S