[Lab] simple CNC multibuild

[Darcy Whyte]

Or we just ship to Ogdensburg NY and then do an hour drive to pick the stuff
up.




On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm in, and have a friend off the list who is also in.
>
> The biggest issue is sourcing the very specific parts that are usually
> purchased from mcmaster in the states.  Options would be to get a trusted
> third party in the states to re-ship the parts for us, or alternately we
> source the parts in Canada.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>
>> So who's in on this project?
>>
>> http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1 looks like a pretty easy project. If we
>> crowd source all the information for local suppliers and services, it should
>> be easy to have a bunch of these running.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry everyone, the original link was here:
>>>
>>> http://hackaday.com/2010/06/21/100-cnc-mill/
>>>
>>> and via the comments there was this updated version:
>>>
>>> http://makeyourbot.org/mantis9-1
>>>
>>> That one has enough details to actually consider building it.  There's
>>> some improvements I would want to do (especially replacing the epoxy with a
>>> clamp as mentioned in the hackaday comments)
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Let me keep looking, I swear I had found a version of this CNC with much
>>>> more detailed build instructions from start to finish..  The link I gave
>>>> earlier might not have been the exact one that had enough instructions I
>>>> felt comfortable that I could complete it from start to finish.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <
>>>> themumbys at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> At the very least I would assume it does not include the interface
>>>>> circuit (which at it's simplest if it's using a parallel port and EMC2 to
>>>>> drive it. Cheap 3 axis stepper boards on ebay are still going to run you a
>>>>> couple hundred... Although 3x pololus with direct interface to parallel port
>>>>> would only cost about $40 plus shipping, and would easily drive a small
>>>>> scale 3 axis CNC, depending on how well the mechanics work.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd be interested in this for sure...
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, does the current BOM include a spindle? or is it the Cartesian
>>>>> bot only, and up to you to provide a spindle... If so I have some ideas
>>>>> about how to build a nice spindle for quite cheap using RC hobby parts.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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