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Mark J Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 @Check Twice perhaps a little info to go with the pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Check Twice Posted June 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 This was the first try on building a CNC from wood. It went fairly good but it's accuracy was not as good as we were hoping for. There was a lot of deflection because of the wood and had to reinforce with metal. This did allow us some good finished projects but my son (37) wanted better accuracy for guitar building. (which we have constructed with second build, metal) I have both builds from start to finish if anyone would like to see any particular aspect of the build. The electronics were built by us as well. We sold this to a Luther in Truro NS and at last contact he was still using it for guitar bodies. The spindle was an expensive router and it did have some deflection built into it. (second build was a German spindle very, very , very little deflection.) We used stepper motors and the cut size was 76" x 44". (second build we used servos) We used 5 start acme rod for the travel of the three axis. If we could build it we did, tried to buy as little as possible pre-done. It cost us $1800.00 Can, sold for $2000.00 Can. That included spindles, steppers, electronics, wire, etc. Her are a couple of small projects we did accomplish on this unit. It mostly depends on the project/accuracy required as to how well it preforms. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Pretty impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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