Please can someone help me with my 1610 mini desktop cnc

**A_Camera** · 30-06-2017

I can't help you with GRBL and my comment isn't going to solve anything for you, but that machine looks like a toy. It is not made for anything where power is needed, it contains a lot of plastic stuff (looks like cheap 3-D printed things) where metal would be preferable but not less than at least precision machined Delrin. The steppers seems too small, the screws have no bearing supports on the motor end, are made for 3-D printer, uses unsupported curtain rods and so on... so of course it is weak. All that can be seen in the eBay link pictures already. I am afraid that you threw £180 out of the window.

**Clive S** · 30-06-2017

Hi and welcome to the forum Sam. As much as it hurts me to say I am afraid that on this occasion A_Camera is correct it is just a glorified expensive toy and would struggle to ice a cake.

That said you might get some fun from it and learn a bit about cnc. Good luck.

**A_Camera** · 30-06-2017

Yes, using it for learning is perfectly fine. Testing a concept, demonstration, air milling, see how it moves, how it is controlled, test g-codes and so on. Perhaps it can be used for some simple laser engraving as well, where no precision or accurate repeat-ability is needed. Maybe it can be upgraded to 3-D printer, but I think accuracy is going to be a serious problem.

So maybe the £180 is not wasted at all, because education and experience costs money, but...

I am Supposed to be making a project but I m gutted. Its way to urgent.

...it is not good for any milling project, regardless how urgent it is. I guess if you would have asked about advice before you bought this probably nobody on this site would have advised you to buy it for the purpose I am assuming you bought this for.