Another beginner....

[AceofAxe]

Thanks Clive,
I just found a 6040 that I will probably be purchasing.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013JLD1...M5ATESIW&psc=1

Im pretty sure it will do what I need it to. I would like to build a bigger one for heavier milling, but want to learn on the smaller stuff that I can use now. Plus I may be moving to the states in a year or so.

[Clive S]

Thanks Clive,
I just found a 6040 that I will probably be purchasing.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013JLD1...M5ATESIW&psc=1

Im pretty sure it will do what I need it to. I would like to build a bigger one for heavier milling, but want to learn on the smaller stuff that I can use now. Plus I may be moving to the states in a year or so.

Ok but as you can see it is advertised as an engraving machine no ball screws etc. But if you are happy then!!

[AceofAxe]

Ok but as you can see it is advertised as an engraving machine no ball screws etc. But if you are happy then!!

It will cut through 4mm Carbon Fibre though, correct?

[njhussey]

It will cut through 4mm Carbon Fibre though, correct?

Yeah....sloooooooooowwwwllllyyyyyyy if you try to push it too fast the machines weak points will show themselves.

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[Zeeflyboy]

Beware cutting carbon fibre... the dust is a freaking nightmare. It's abrasive to machinery, it messes with electronics and it stays in your lungs pretty much forever and is also too small to be completely trapped even by HEPA filters.

I always used to just make do with a dust shoe and my shop vac with hepa bag and secondary fine particle filter... a Company I worked with in Switzerland had a CNC that they used for prototyping drone stuff. Despite having a similar setup to me with the vac, they had some serious problems with the electronics they were prototyping for several months. Eventually they tracked it down to carbon fibre dust contamination of the entire lab from the cutting.

They had a massive clean up, and switched to cutting underwater. Ever since then no more issues.

So I would definitely recommend you cut that stuff underwater... at it's most simple, its just a shallow tray with some water and get cracking.

If you wanted a small machine just to play around with I have a small acme machine with nema 17's that you could fix up and make serviceable. It does actually work ok as is but could do with a better control board at least... if you wanted to pick it up from my parent's place near reading it's yours for a contribution to the beer fund as it's just occupying space at this point.