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EL34's CNC Stuff

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3d printer
My 3D printer
Go here to see detailed images and build information

Things I have printed that deserve an image
3D printer prints page


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My CNC Machine
My CNC machine
See details about this build further down the page

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Super PID
Adding a Super PID motor speed control

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CNC Dust shoe
DIY CNC Dust shoe in 3 brush lengths

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Dust Right Vortex
Dust Right Vortex
I added a particle separator to my dust collection system
The Vortex goes between your dust pickups and your Vacuum
What a huge difference this thing makes
All the larger particles spin in a vortex and drop to the bottom of the bin
Nothing makes it to the Shop VAC filter except some very fine dust particles
I have not have to clean the shop vac filter yet.
My Shop Vac is outside this room so I don't have to listen to it.

The bin is 10 gallons so it holds quite a bit.
I got it at Rockler here

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Upgrading the CNC machine to a Bosch colt and precision collet set

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K2CNC Mount
I upgraded to a K2CNC mount for my Bosch Colt
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Center probe
Adding a Probe to Mach3 that can find edges and centers of work pieces.

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Making a Canon CD Tray

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Building a new LED light ring for the CNC machine

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About Holding tabs
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Using Krylon Easy-Tack to hold down materials to the CNC workspace
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I also build bike light parts and mounting parts with my CNC and Lathe
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Making an automobile windshield holder for my GPS

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Stirling Engines

Stirling engine #2 - With new CNC'd machine parts

Stirling engine #2 - original flavor

Stirling engine #1 - This one, no worky yet

Wooden boxes

Making finger jointed boxes #3
Making finger jointed boxes #2

Making finger jointed boxes #1 -  My finger joint box CNC jig


Misc. projects

HDPE bird feeder bases.

Guitar Amplifier face plates Printed Circuit relay Board - Spindle On/Off control
Cutting Printed Circuit Boards #1
Lexan shower caddies
Fancy Birdhouse front
Keychain beer opener

Boxes, Signs, Engravings, Misc.

Making motor shaft couplers

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The New Aluminum CNC machine
The original Oak machine I built was great but I am ramped up the precision level by a factor of 10 by building a 6061 aluminum frame machine with some really nice THK parts.
The new machine uses a THK FGS 140 and 200 actuator assemblies for the Z and Y axis.
The X axis uses two THK HSR30H bearing blocks and 33" THK rails

Ball Screw upgrade - 12/01/2008

The new machine page 4

The new machine page 3

The new machine page 2

The new machine page 1

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My first CNC machine
I decided to build a wood CNC machine first to iron out all the design elements, see what works and what doesn't.
I am using Red Oak for most of it. It's hard as rock, very stable and I had a bunch of Oak in my shop already.
I didn't want to use plywood or MDF, which is basically glued sawdust.

The Z and Y Axis parts

The X Axis and Table

Acme screws, Shafts and Bearings All the parts assembled and a working router

The first project on the router and my first crash

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Here's a short movie of the Oak machine below cutting out aluminum parts for the new aluminum machine above

CNC1 Movie
 
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Software, Computer and vendor links

Cambam tips and tricks
When I get time, I like to document some of the things that may save people some time and headaches when creating your Gcode using Cambam.

Cambam regions, pocketing and profiling tips #1
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Computer stuff

Mini keyboard/mouse combo

My power supply - Motor Drivers - Parallel port breakout board

I took an older PC I had laying around and installed the CNC power supply assembly into it

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Mock up of a sliding Z axis tool holder
Tool Holder mock up page

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Go here to see the miniature brass CNC router I built
Mini Brass CNC Router

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Links to the parts used in the pages above.

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Probotix link
These guys have awesome documentation on all the products they sell and great service.
I purchased their 3-axis bi-polar kit - Link to the Probotix 3-axis bi-polar kit


Precision Tech machining
This is where I had my custom length ACME screws made.


McMaster-Carr
Shafts and bearings, nuts, bolts, etc.

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Links to Software and forums
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CamBam is a CAD / CAM application designed to take common CAD files such as DXF and 3DS,
manipulate drawings using CamBam's internal geometry engine then produce tool paths and Gcode for CNC machines.
Link to Cambam web site
Link to Cambam forum

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CNC Zone forum -Everything you wanted to know about CNC
CNC Zone link

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