CNC - All on

This is pretty much what it looks like now, except for some part that are now painted.
ATM I'm working out the electronics, all the motor's are working and moving except they don't have a lot of power so I'm tring to sort that out.
I will post some photo's of the electronics and some video's of it in action soon.

 

 

CNC - Z Axis Assy

Here are some photo's of the Z-axis assembly.

 

 

 

CNC - Y Axis

Here is a few more photo's of the Y Axis coming together.

 

 

 

CNC - Some more pictures

Here is some more photo's of the build, this is about a year ago. (it was a slow build) most of the x-asix is together and I'm starting on the y-axis

 

 

 

 

CNC - Bearings

Here is a dry fit of the bearing for the X-axis which is the same design as the other 2. The first image shows the main plate with the bearing holder attached to see how it all fits. The second picture shows the lead screw (12x3mm square thread) with the reduced ends, the smallest is 6.35mm to adapt to the motor shaft, the middle has to be die cut to M8 which will hold a nut that locks on the bearings and the increased collar will hold 2 angular contact bearings. I was originally going to use standard roller bearings but the end play for far to great. And finally in the last picture it can be seen how it all clamps together.

CNC - Box of parts

This is the large box of parts a friend laser cut for me from 6mm mild steel, I

was originally going to use 10mm aluminum but thankfully he was able to cut it
for me, other wise I would be still machining the ally in my spare time at work.
There was a small amount of work to re adjust some parts to accommodate for
the 10mm to 6mm difference, but that time was nothing compared to what I've saved from not
having to do all the machining.

CNC - Router Design

This is the CNC router which I started building a while ago, it's almost near completed, these are the original drawings I made in Solid Edge v19.
I will post up more pictures of the build process up to where I am now.