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Monthly Archives: August 2010
CNC Build, Day 9 – under the gun
I realized last night that if I got the “wood parts” of the CNC machine up and running, I would still need to have the “electronic” parts working. I also realized that I am essentially out of time before the … Continue reading
CNC Build, Day 8 – Axes, baby!
With the “first critical measurement” in the bag, my way forward was clear tonight. First thing, cut the Y-axis pieces to the correct length. Then, lay out all the measurements. By the way, the Y-table pieces have the most drill … Continue reading
CNC Build, Day 7 – First critical measurement
The parts arrived today (both the electronics, on time, and the hardware, 3 days late). Life’s good! In anticipation of having BRAs, I borrowed 4 pipe clamps from my friend John (thank you!) on the way home. I spent the … Continue reading
CNC Build, Day 6 – two showers
I got a lot of work done today, despite being at a “stopping point”. I started the day by chamfering the remaining 3 edges of the X-table. Then I reset the chamfer bit, and chamfered the Y-“table”. I was going … Continue reading
CNC build, day 5 – things to do while waiting for parts
OK, it’s not like I have nothing that can be done while I’m waiting for the parts to arrive. I just have to go off-script a little and find stuff later in the build that is independent. So I went … Continue reading
CNC build – update
The hardware did not show up today. Very irritating. I decided to bite the bullet and buy a “laminate trimmer” router to be the main cutting blade of the CNC machine. It’s lighter than my “big” router, and narrower, too. … Continue reading
CNC Build, day #4 – a stopping point
I had another productive night on the CNC build. I measured and drilled 4 decently complicated parts. Luckily, they came as two sets of pairs, so I only had to drill one set of holes on each. I have a … Continue reading
CNC build, day 3 – on a serious roll now
I had a couple more holes to punch with the drill press on the X-table before I could really move on. The 7/16″ holes for the cross dowels for the rails needed to be measured out and punched in. I … Continue reading
CNC build, day 2 – Righting the ship
Progress, thy name is “Drill Press”. After several frustratingly inaccurate drill holes from last night, I knew that my hand drill accuracy was not going to be sufficient to complete this job. Seeing my frustration, my ever-accomodating wife (may the … Continue reading
CNC Build Day #1 – making sawdust
Now that I have all the wood onsite and more or less marked, and a jig to help me drill straight, I decided to start in on the build. In the videos, PH-D (the author of the book and owner … Continue reading