TorontoBuilder
Ultra Member
So it is finally time to make a cnc router. I can't handle seeing other people talk about what they're doing with theirs and the huge prices I get quoted for simple cnc jobs.
My brother heard and said he wants to contribute to the build which means I can splurge a little bit more than planned. So I just spent days absorbing masses of information on printNC discord, and various other sites and I think I have a firm grasp of what to do on the mechanical side of things.
I've long been a fan of youtubers Dan Gelbart and Piotr Fox Wysocki and had wanted to make a granite based machine for a while so I thought why not use it for cnc, that way I can hopefully get improved surface finishes on metal.
I scored a 24" x 36" surface plate for the main base, and I've designed armature and mould to cast epoxy granite Y axis rails to provide an overall footprint of 41" x 36"
This will allow me to use the standard PrintNC parts kit and yield a print envelope of a minimum of 25" x 24" for metal.
I will likely go with a gantry that is substantially different from that of the PrintNC though
My brother heard and said he wants to contribute to the build which means I can splurge a little bit more than planned. So I just spent days absorbing masses of information on printNC discord, and various other sites and I think I have a firm grasp of what to do on the mechanical side of things.
I've long been a fan of youtubers Dan Gelbart and Piotr Fox Wysocki and had wanted to make a granite based machine for a while so I thought why not use it for cnc, that way I can hopefully get improved surface finishes on metal.
I scored a 24" x 36" surface plate for the main base, and I've designed armature and mould to cast epoxy granite Y axis rails to provide an overall footprint of 41" x 36"
This will allow me to use the standard PrintNC parts kit and yield a print envelope of a minimum of 25" x 24" for metal.
I will likely go with a gantry that is substantially different from that of the PrintNC though
