Sid
10-04-2022, 05:33 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm new to this site and cnc in particular
I'm an experienced woodworker and also a resonable model maker
In the last few months I've started using Inkscape to design small card buildings and have finally come to the conclusion that a laser cutter would be an excellent tool to have to cut out card and scribe textures etc.
A weeks worth of laser cutter reviews and then trapsing round Amazon and Ebay left me feeling less than inspired and as is so often the case (for me) I have decided to make my own laser cutter so another weeks worth of 'how I made a cnc machine' videos on youtube has informed me that this should be well within my capability.
I realise that the self build route is going to be more expensive and not without the odd issue, but I figure that I will learn so much more and be better equiped to maintain and repair my self build as and when required.
So now that I've introduced myself, here come the questions..
Having watched a number of self build videos it appears that CNC routers use a powered stepper motor driver with a hefty power supply behind them and the stepper motors on laser cutters seem to be driven by drivers plugged into a cnc shield on an Ardinuo.
I'd be interested to know why this seems to be the case, and would be grateful if someone could enlighten me
Many thanks in advance
I'm new to this site and cnc in particular
I'm an experienced woodworker and also a resonable model maker
In the last few months I've started using Inkscape to design small card buildings and have finally come to the conclusion that a laser cutter would be an excellent tool to have to cut out card and scribe textures etc.
A weeks worth of laser cutter reviews and then trapsing round Amazon and Ebay left me feeling less than inspired and as is so often the case (for me) I have decided to make my own laser cutter so another weeks worth of 'how I made a cnc machine' videos on youtube has informed me that this should be well within my capability.
I realise that the self build route is going to be more expensive and not without the odd issue, but I figure that I will learn so much more and be better equiped to maintain and repair my self build as and when required.
So now that I've introduced myself, here come the questions..
Having watched a number of self build videos it appears that CNC routers use a powered stepper motor driver with a hefty power supply behind them and the stepper motors on laser cutters seem to be driven by drivers plugged into a cnc shield on an Ardinuo.
I'd be interested to know why this seems to be the case, and would be grateful if someone could enlighten me
Many thanks in advance