combination machine.

[pierantoine]

i was thinking of this yesterday :-)
if i had to do this i will make it with 2 gantry on the same bed when one works the other is totally parked at one end.
the Milling one would be strong, with ballnut.
the laser + printer head would be fast with belt and pulleys.
don't see too much interest with a laser diode for cutting, but will work for wood marking.
cutting PMMA etc needs CO2 with a invisible infrared pathway made with dedicated head, mirrors etc available on ebay

it sounds interesting...

[Popp Ann]

i was thinking of this yesterday :-)
if i had to do this i will make it with 2 gantry on the same bed when one works the other is totally parked at one end.
the Milling one would be strong, with ballnut.
the laser + printer head would be fast with belt and pulleys.
don't see too much interest with a laser diode for cutting, but will work for wood marking.
cutting PMMA etc needs CO2 with a invisible infrared pathway made with dedicated head, mirrors etc available on ebay

it sounds interesting...

Hi there,

Since my last message I ended up changing my machine from a moving gantry to a moving table but that is as far as I got at the moment it is sat not used just waiting for two micro switches to be fitted to the table for the end points but it has been buried under lots of junk as I an in the process of moving everything to my shed I recently had built for my hobbies but after moving around 1/2 of them out it is full so I need to think of something else to get room for everything.
thanks for your input,
Regards Poppy Ann.