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    Hi rckeith

    Nice little machine. If the author of the plan is on iteration 3 is can't be too bad.

    What sort of shapes are you looking to cut - foam core wings, 2D formers etc. ? I guess with any 2D work it's fiddly if you want lightening holes, but maybe with foam/depron you don't need them.

    Do the towers move apart to handle bigger jobs?

    Not into EDF myself, but looking forward to seeing the m/c in action, plus the finished aircraft.

    Barry
    Building a CNC machine to make a better one since 2010 . . .
    MK1 (1st photo), MK2, MK3, MK4

  2. Hi Barry

    I'm looking to wings and fuselages. I have a Priory Models Lancaster which is made of white foam and then covered in balsa. On my website as well http://www.rckeith.co.uk/lanc showing the build. I'm sure I can make a fuselage without too much complication. Unfortunately she's in pieces had a speed controller failure but I have new parts to rebuild her.

    This video on youtube shows the same foam cutter in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV79pjFDdRY and as you can see the towers can be moved to any desired width.

    Keith

  3. Here is the start of my machine.

    The wood is MDF with a veneer. Some desk were being dumped from my work place and it seemed a same to see them burnt so I saved them for a better life as a cnc machine. All parts are cut to size.

    Keith
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