Cheap N Easy

[Clive S]

Whoopie today my first set of u groove bearing's turned up. Also by a stroke of cheeky luck I scored 4 1.2m mild steel equal angles for free. After 10mins of tinkering I'm now rolling x and y. Still wait for my couplings and sprocket's.

How about some pics, anything in cad yet?

[Boyan Silyavski]

Hmm, kit, 900x900? What made you choose that working area? Thats something new.

[CNCKitMan]

How about some pics, anything in cad yet?

OK so i'm real crap at using sketch up.

[Clive S]

If you are serious at this you could design in Fusion360 it is free for hobby use, a big learning curve but it has CAM built in so you could use for generating the gcode later on.

There are plenty of tutorials on it. like https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...Alt9yzBIp84sD8

[CNCKitMan]

If you are serious at this you could design in Fusion360 it is free for hobby use, a big learning curve but it has CAM built in so you could use for generating the gcode later on.

There are plenty of tutorials on it. like https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...Alt9yzBIp84sD8

Something like this

[magicniner]

Is there a particular reason you've chosen chain and not toothed belt?

- Nick

[CNCKitMan]

Is there a particular reason you've chosen chain and not toothed belt?

- Nick

It's just what I had laying about. To be honest may end up using timing belt. If I have too many issues getting cogs for the chain.

Didn't like the price of the correct screws and had problems finding in the final size I want.

As for the belts I could find plenty but already had plenty of chain. I'll have to gear down the ratio between the stepper and the x axis cog control arm. Which as far as I can tell will be easy enough and provide even more torque.

[CNCKitMan]

The Test


First Upgrade

Not the best photo I know. But she's ugly and I didn't want to break me camera even more. Had me a sticky x axis, turns out that my base was slightly bowed. Will make a table for it to have all straight and on the level. Yes it cuts and more than cake.

[njhussey]

Well it certainly ain't pretty....but looks like it cuts and if it does what you want it to do then fair play to you

[CNCKitMan]

Well it certainly ain't pretty....but looks like it cuts and if it does what you want it to do then fair play to you

Thank you bro!

She so UGLY the bag i put over it up and ran away, leaving me a note stating it was cruel and unusual punishment.
I had to agree!

She's going to get upgraded slowly.
Then i'm going to refine a few parts, re cost and send a kit version to my friend in Scotland.

If that goes together and works out the box then i'll think about offering to others.
But they won't be ugly things like this is now.

Shes that ugly due to she costing £100