CNC Router
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- section_0140
What about an X-Carve? $1,500 at 100cm squared. Less than what you're looking at size wise, but well under 20k.
Disclaimer: I have no experience in this field. Saw it mentioned elsewhere is all.
- The good thing about things like these is that once you've worked it out and got comfortable with it, you can upgrade it and make it bigger.detritus
- Won't ever make for a solid work horse for BIG things, but would always be useful for small jobs and detail work.detritus
- Yeah, they appear to suffer from constant calibration issues.section_014
- Gnash6
- holy crap, this looks amazingESKEMA
- meh, looks like a pain in the ass toy.detritus
- That's pretty dope but I'm not sure I see the advantage over drawing your outline or printing a paper template on the wood.BK
- It autocorrects the path, it's different than cutting yourself. This will always give best resultsESKEMA
- https://m.youtube.co…ESKEMA
- *cutting -> cutting it
*best -> betterESKEMA - ouch - it's going to retail for $2100?! pfft, nah.detritus
- a good, hi-end hand-held will run you up to $500Gnash
- Sure, but this thread's about CNCs, and $2k could get you well on your way to a more capable CNC than that thing.detritus
- ^ ah, i guess. I don't really know know too much about it.Gnash
- akiersky0
- Looks awesome for the price. Def. more for the hobbiest market, but super cool if speed & consistent accuracy aren't important.BK
- Being able to break it down when not in use is a huge +.BK
- Again, a toy, although neat all the same.
Might be ok for cutting thin ply, inaccurately, but I'd not consider this for anything functional or solid.detritus - .015" accuracy is decent. I'd say you could make some pretty solid furniture or things around the house.akiersky
- Mmm, I'll believe it when I see it. My main concern is how it'd deal with repeated routing. Christ, I sound like a gouch, eh?detritus
- I actually thought this and the above were quite cool when I first saw them — i just don't think they'd be better than something in a solid frame...detritus
- *grouch, hahahdetritus
- detritus1
I've made one.
Well, a much more hands-on friend and I have.
Well, he has mostly — I was just the labour monkey :)
I'm the tech person running it, sorting the electronics and then production flow from design and CAD to gcode, etc.
Depending upon how complex you want to operate, I'd *wholly* recommend building your own as you can get a lot more machine for a lot less buck, especialyl at your intended size.
It depends upon how comfortable you are with the underlying principles (eg. I've owned and run a laser cutter for the past 9 years which gave me ample training in the basics, including teh all important material restrictions/possibilities) and your capacity for DIYing it yourself. having seen it done, I'd now feel comfortable building my own, for instance. Indeed, I have plans set out for two very specific machines :)
Also depends upon desired feature set — for instance, automated tool-swapping was beyond our ability, so we went for a manual approach there.
If you can wield CAD/3D to outsource your own components you've won half the battle.
it might be worth getting a small DIY kit on the cheap first (<£500 for something that will actually be functional) to familiarise yourself and project through options. This is the one thing I wish I'd done first.
- • Over-spec the aluminium profiles.
• FULLY COST EVERYTHING (we didn't — cost creep was hilarious, but still cheaper than we'd've ever paid for pre-built)detritus - • DON'T Skimp on the electronics. Go at least for something like.. http://www.geckodriv…detritus
- < that said — I paid for a commercial laser cutter, and likely overpaid by a factor of four on it... but ..*touches wood*.. it's had less than a week downtimedetritus
- NOW I'll make my next machine, but I wouldn't've originally. Depends upon how commercial you want to go and how self-reliant you can be.detritus
- Thanks man! I don't think I know enough at this point to build my own properly, but it's a good thought. Probably have more insight after I take some training.BK
- • Over-spec the aluminium profiles.
- ArmandoEstrada0
Even if I had one of those things, I'm just an idiot when it comes to tools.
- BK0
Has anyone attempted to build one themselves? Looks like you can get all necessary parts at: http://www.cncrouterparts.com and save a few bucks.
- Bennn0
:-o
