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Thank you Gordon Johnson. Reply 4 years ago. I am planning to build also. It is a great help for me and think before i start creating. This is one of the best instructables I have ever seen. I will be using a lot of your ideas and parts references to build my own. Thanks again for all the effort you have put in, and the attention to detail.
I really love it.. Here i'm trying to make my own CNC.. IDK if it's going to be strong enough to hold it , if i needed some help , can u give a little? Reply 6 years ago on Step 5. By Doug Costlow Follow. More by the author:. For those of you who already know about CNC routers here are the specs for my machine. One of the aspects of any home built CNC machine is the use of each material in the construction of the machine vs the quantity of that material you have to buy.
You are only building one machine so you don't want have to buy more material than you need to build that machine. You especially need to consider this when deciding the length of travel you want for each axis, because this decision effects almost every other part of the machine. This was the general design process I went through for my CNC machine Decide what length of travel you need for each axis if you have a specific project in mind for your cnc then start with it's sizes requirements Decide what type of linear motion system you will use for the machine Decide what kind of linear drive you will use for each axis Decide what type of drive motor and controller you will use Decide the material you will use to construct the machine Based on the previous decisions, design a machine on paper or a CAD software of you choice this does not have to be a complete design, just enough so you know the total quantity of the materials you'll need Determine if you will need any special tools for your design Determine the overall cost of your design, which includes the cost of tools you may not have Decide that you can't spend that much money on the machine and return to step 1 I went through this process 5 times before coming to a final design.
The pictures show the different versions of the router as my design progressed. I know most people would consider this to be overkill but for me doing all this important. I knew that once I finished actually building the machine I would have something that fit my needs and my budget without any headaches do to poor planning.
Here is my thinking for each one of the design steps I outlined: Travel : My first thought for a CNC machine was to build molds for the vacuum forming machine I have already built. Linear Motion : There are many options to choose from for linear motion.
Commonly used methods for CNC routers include, drawer slides , skate bearings , v-groove bearings , round linear rail and profile linear rail. These are ordered in terms of cost, I would recommend going the best system you can afford. You can save some money in other areas of the machine but getting a good motion system will pay off in cutting quality. I chose to use round linear rail.
This system uses precision ground and hardened steel shafts and linear bearings that use small steel balls that roll on the shaft and re-circulate through channels within the bearing. This offers smooth low friction movement and has good resistance to forces placed on the bearing in any direction.
There are many different manufactures of these types of rails and bearings and costs can vary quite a bit. I got my rails and bearings from a reseller in China on ebay. The ebay store is linearmotionbearings and the prices were the best I found online. They often sells kits with three sets of rails and two bearings for each rail, which is what is needed for a 3-axis CNC. The kit I got uses 20mm x mm long rails for the x-axis, 16mm x mm long rails for the y-axis and 12mm x mm long rails for the z-axis.
Linear Drive : The three basic options to drive each axis of a CNC router are ribbed belts, screws, and a rack and pinion. Screw drive systems work by attaching a nut to the movable part of each axis, a threaded rod is then fed through the nut and locked into position at both ends.
The screw is turned by the drive motors and the nut moves along the screw. ACME screws have trapezoidal threads that are either cut or rolled into a steel rod. ACME screw threads are used on common C-clamps. Their thread shape makes the screw stronger than the threads on standard bolts. When these threads are precision cut they are perfectly suited to drive a CNC router.
Ten threads per inch means that if the screw in spun around 10 times the attached nut will move 1 inch along the screw. For any screw size multiple individual threads can be cut on the screw, this is referred to as the number of starts the screw has. A single start screw has one thread a 2-start has two threads and a 5-start has five threads. What is the significance of multiple threads on a screw? Well there are two things that make multiple start screws better for CNC machines.
First multiple start screws are more efficient at turning the rotational force on the screw into linear force on the nut. This means it takes less torque for the drive motors to move each axis. Second, multiple start screws increase the lead of the screw, which is how far a nut would move if the screw was rotated once. To determine the lead for a screw divide the number of starts by the number of threads per inch. This is important because the electric drive motor can produce the most torque at low speeds, and with a higher lead the nut will move farther per revolution of the screw and that means the motor can spin at a lower speed to move the axis of the machine.
Another important thing to note is how precise the fit between the nut and the screw is. A standard nut on a bolt will wiggle a small amount back and forth and in CNC terms this is known as backlash. You want to reduce the amount of backlash you have between the nut and the screw because every time the screw changes rotation direction that small amount of play in nut will throw of your CNC position off and your parts might not come out correctly sized.
There are ways with both hardware and the software you use to reduce the amount of backlash you have. On the software side there are simple settings that can compensate for backlash and on the hardware side you can use an anti-backlash nut.
I purchased anti-backlash nuts from dumpsterCNC and again you can find part numbers on the parts list. Typically the effects of backlash can be reduced to the point that parts can be made to within a few thousands of an inch. Most people will need to buy these parts in order to build the machine.
In order to build this CNC router you will need to drill about a million holes in both steel and aluminum. You will also need to tap about half an million holes. Use a sharp drill bit and set your drill press to a low speed RPM if possible. I would recommend purchasing a new 19 drill bit for this project because that is the size needed to drill and tap for an M5 screw, which is used on the vast majority of the machine.
This is the ten step process I used while building the machine. Apply Dykem near the locations where holes are needed on the part Use your scribe to mark the locations of the holes with two intersecting lines, use a combination square to measure for the location of each hole Use a small transfer punch to mark the location of all holes transfer punches normally have a sharper tip which should make marking the center easier Use a center punch placed in the dent made by the transfer punch to make a larger dent for the drill bit Place the part on your drill press and center the mark and the drill bit by bringing the drill bit down onto the part with the tip of the drill in the dent made by the punch, hold the drill bit in this position Clamp the part to the drill press table; I usually did this with a welding vice grip.
Bring the drill bit up off the part and turn on the drill press, slowly move the drill bit down onto the part making sure the bit centers on the dent. Bring the bit back up, turn off the drill press and squirt some tap magic directly on the drill bit.
Let it flow down through the flutes of the drill bit until a few drops fall on the part. Turn the drill press back on and proceed to drill the hole.
For the best results you should follow a technique called peck drilling. This allows for the chips to fly off the drill bit which ensures that the bit will not get jammed up in the hole. Then repeat this process until you drill all the way though the part or to the depth you want. Its also good re-lubricate with tap Magic during this process. Un-clamp the part from the drill press and de-bur the bottom side of the hole and clear any chips off of the drill press table.
This ensures that the part will still sit flat on the drill press table for the next hole you drill. Proceed to the next hole in the same manner. Tapping a hole is the process of cutting threads into a part so that you can fasten a screw to the part.
I made a special tool to help in tapping the many M5 holes for this machine. The hole is drilled with a 9 bit, which is the same size as an M5 tap. You place the tap in the hole and hold it in place over the hole in the part you are tapping. The tool holds the tap square and true to the part you are tapping which is very important.
Download the CNC Double-click the setup. Link to CNC software operators manuals. Windows 7, 8 or 10 must be properly configured for CNC control duty. Download the. Extract the contents of the. See the Oak of Allin1DC installation manuals for more detailed information. Updating an existing CNC11 installation to v3. If the control is not running CNC11 v3. Generate a report from your system following TB Start CNC11 and restore the report file made in step 2.
X-Axis support base dimensions: f. Page 12 h. X-Z axis assembly installation: X-Z axis assembly x1, mm Linear axis x Page Copper Nut i. Page Spindle j. Coupling assembly: Coupling x2, Set screw M4 x4 k. Page Control Board l. Page Usb Cable m. Page 18 n. Milling cutter installation Copper chuck: 1. Screw the M3 set screws into the copper chuck. Install the copper chuck into the motor and tighten the screws.
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