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Homemade CNC milling machine

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Uploaded by on Feb 24, 2007

I made this machine from a Harbor Freight milling machine, an old computer and some new stepper motors & electronics

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  • why leave the hand wheels on?? take the nuts off so you can let the little servos/steppers have an easier day. in case u really need them(power break-down lol) you may always slide em back on. hand wheels produce a lot of inert mass which needs to be moved back and forth;-)

  • They are off now. That was "day one" in testing. I needed them on to move things around.

  • wear can i buy the cheapest homemade cnc machen

  • Well, cheapest is not always the best option.  Many of the Chinese Mills can be converted by you if you want to take the time and effort to do so. I suggest selecting a decent mill, then converting the ACME screws to ballscrews (a big job), then work on the motor mounts and continue from there. If you stop at that point, at least you will still have a good manual mill you can use.

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  • Your right there automatic machines before CNC's. those were NC's not CNC's

    The first C in cnc has alway meant Computer.

  • Try Computer Numerical Control

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  • wow thats amazing,

    you've created a machine that draws on a piece of wood with a pen,

    you keep going at this rate and you could move up to crayons and cardboard.

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  • you are awesome!!

  • @PimpXXXGuitarist Great minds think alike? ahahah

  • I have a program that has all 26 letters and 0-9 numbers... How much do you think that is worth??

  • I'm jealous though...

  • @rbneville ROFLmMFAO who is this? That is EXACTLY what I would have said

  • @PimpXXXGuitarist thats what she said lol

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