My next venture will be to build a cnc Mill.
This, as with the other projects, will be done with 3D printed parts, not sure if this is going to be suitable because of the weight involved.
So far, I have designed all the parts, and they will be printed as soon as the printer is up and running again, had a power surge which knocked out the electronic.
On the subject of Electronics, I will use the same system as the Laser engraver, along with larger Stepper Motors, and drivers. The rails and bearings will be a lot more robust.
I have put together most of the required components, just a matter on waiting to fix the printer, next week ,hopefully.
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Laser engraver
Some time ago I read an Instructible on building a Laser engraver, and decided to build one for myself, so that I could make stencils for my Airbrushing.
I did follower certain aspects of the original, I did make many changes, mainly to suit the tools available to me, the main one being the 3D printer, every part that could be made this way, was, the hardware I had to buy.
All up cost was about $250.00.
Already having the experience of building the 3D printer help a lot, I was able to avoid all the little mishaps I had.
For the electronics, I used a Raspberry Pi developer board, and a board called a Pihat developed by Protoneer, the software was linux, and QRBL..
The first laser module bought on Ebay proved to be unsuitable, so I got one from Belguim, a 200watt this works very well.