Build and Intro

[swisscheese]

EDDY I can confirm that the switches work as they should when there is no power going to the stepper motors. I'm guessing I have to now re wire switching wire with shield wire of some kind??

thanks

[swisscheese]

Man its been a while since I've been on here. Time for some pics!
Overall I'm pretty happy with how the machine runs, especially seeing as I made it with zero plans/planning, a big no no on here haha. Haven't had any major problems and once I received the new driver everythings been sweet. Still haven't wired up any limit switches, I'm lazy.


Some videos

DIY CNC Router Flush Handle - YouTube

DIY CNC router pocket - YouTube


Here's a few things I've been making....

[EddyCurrent]

Those doors are great, what cutter did you use for that ?

[swisscheese]

Those doors are great, what cutter did you use for that ?

Hi,
I used a 85 degree 2 flute v cutter. The holes are all the same distance apart centre to centre however there size changes according to depth(deeper equals larger). I'll put up a link to the free program when I'm on a computer.

[GEOFFREY]

Great stuff. G.

[EddyCurrent]

Hi,
I used a 85 degree 2 flute v cutter. The holes are all the same distance apart centre to centre however there size changes according to depth(deeper equals larger). I'll put up a link to the free program when I'm on a computer.

Any chance you can post that link ? thanks in advance.

[cncJim]

My guess would be the software by this guy...?

http://jasondorie.com/page_cnc.html

In fact, seeing a link to his software was one of the first things that got me into cnc machines!

Nice job swisscheese, looks really good!

[swisscheese]

My guess would be the software by this guy...?

CNC Software

In fact, seeing a link to his software was one of the first things that got me into cnc machines!

Nice job swisscheese, looks really good!

Yes that's the link.
Might take you a few shots to get it working well.
A few tips
Make centre distance between holes about 0.4mm bigger or more than hole size.
Set z retract limit quite low, I do mine at 2mm
High contrast images work best


Also look up iannonne design. He has some great furniture with nice disigns on it using this and other techniques.

Cheers

[cncJim]

Good tips, thanks. I haven't tried using the software yet as I think my machine might die from all the z action! First thing I will try when I upgrade though.
What sort of times did your half-toning take to machine?
Jim

[swisscheese]

Good tips, thanks. I haven't tried using the software yet as I think my machine might die from all the z action! First thing I will try when I upgrade though.
What sort of times did your half-toning take to machine?
Jim

Also another
Start with min hole size at 1 mm and max around 4.
Melamine faced chip board and laminated mdf work good.

I have never timed but I would estimate that one of those doors ( from the tree cabinet) took around 1 to 1 and a half hours. Those doors were 15 thousand holes each. Probably could go faster but as you say you don't want the z axis losing steps as it works very hard and would be a bugger to reset.