Monday, October 19, 2009

Research of various CNC machine/gantries

This guy has a similar build to ours. I'll be supplementing this list as i continue my research.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27527
What's interesting is he also is using 80/20 extrusion, ballscrews, and 425 oz-in steppers. His is a router build, so we have the complicating element of the head design. I don't know what i'm going to do about the Z-axis still. He also mentioned his z-axis having trouble lifting the 28 pounds, i'll have to look into that more, and consider it for our head design. Interestingly for a home switch, he uses a .25" thick piece of aluminum with current to arc current through and accurately determine if the head is @ zero.

More to come...

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