[Lab] simple CNC multibuild

[Darcy Whyte]

I didn't mean the computer, I meant everything from the computer to the
machine.



On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Motors are included in the $100, but it assumes that you have a computer
> with a real parallel port available for driving the stepper motors.  So any
> old pentium-era desktop would suffice.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>
>> Does the 100 bucks cover electronics? It's obviously not a very serious
>> machine but I think it could be fun to do a group build. And it would be fun
>> to have.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folk,
>>>
>>> After makerbot & CNC conversations taking place on the list I figure this
>>> would be a worthy proposal.
>>>
>>> I ran across a CNC build that is the simplest I have ever seen:
>>> http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MIT/863.09/people/dcarr/final/final.html. There is a BOM on there, it's only around 20 parts.
>>>
>>> Is there anyone interested in doing a group parts buy/build of this CNC?
>>> It's not huge, it won't do everything, but if you're like me you'd probably
>>> love a little CNC.
>>>
>>> There's about 20 parts and it costs under $100 to build.  If we had a
>>> group I'm sure the price will go down and so will the complexity.
>>>
>>> Anybody interested?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
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