andy1989
05-11-2017, 06:52 PM
Im hoping to build a small low cost desktop cnc for cutting aluminium and plastics.
Cutting area should be around 300x400mm. 100mm Z clearance will be fine.
I love the idea of designing something myself, but I always end up spending way to much time designed and redesigning, and never get anything built! So i decided its best to buy or use an open source design for now, i can always put my own mods on it later i needed.
Iv considered the C-Beam machine, and Iv seen they can cut aluminium quite well with some mods. But im not a fan of the V-Wheel system.
6040 CNC's look okay, nice aluminium bed, big cutting area, ball screws, but im not too keen on the unsupported rails.
Does anyone else have any other suggestions. Id like to keep the total spend to around 800 ish excluding the spindle.
I plan on using a kress 1050 purely because they are simple. Just plug it in and off you go. But I could be convinced to got with a Chinese spindle if anyone can convince me
they are worth the extra effort.
Cutting area should be around 300x400mm. 100mm Z clearance will be fine.
I love the idea of designing something myself, but I always end up spending way to much time designed and redesigning, and never get anything built! So i decided its best to buy or use an open source design for now, i can always put my own mods on it later i needed.
Iv considered the C-Beam machine, and Iv seen they can cut aluminium quite well with some mods. But im not a fan of the V-Wheel system.
6040 CNC's look okay, nice aluminium bed, big cutting area, ball screws, but im not too keen on the unsupported rails.
Does anyone else have any other suggestions. Id like to keep the total spend to around 800 ish excluding the spindle.
I plan on using a kress 1050 purely because they are simple. Just plug it in and off you go. But I could be convinced to got with a Chinese spindle if anyone can convince me
they are worth the extra effort.