View Full Version : I'm a nOOb looking for a router design


zachjowi
03-01-2008, 10:39 PM
I am looking for a free design of arouter that will take a full 4x8 sheet of plywood. From looking around I don't think there are any plans for that on this part of the site. Please correct me if I am wrong.

thanks

ger21
03-01-2008, 11:27 PM
I've never seen any free plans for a 4x8 router.

zachjowi
03-01-2008, 11:59 PM
I've never seen any free plans for a 4x8 router.

whats the biggest free plans you have seen? Maybe I could modify the plans to be larger. Is 4x8' cnc router common?

thanks

jckstrthmghty
03-02-2008, 12:33 AM
Joes2006 is the Largest quality open source design I have seen. The larger your cutting area the more issues you are going to have with tolerances. What do you plan on cutting with your table and how much accuracy do you require?

It would serve you well to spend some time going through this forum learning about different designs before you build anything.

btw, 8' x 4' cutting area is huge meaning harder to build and much more expensive. Much.

rkd
03-02-2008, 04:30 AM
www.mechmate.com

Greolt
03-02-2008, 04:52 AM
Mechmate has been around for quite a while.

Comprehensive plans along with excellent support. All for free.

I am surprised that people are not aware of it.

Greg

bp092
03-02-2008, 09:18 AM
Joe's 4x4 is even larger, but the mechmate.com machine is the largest I've seen. It's a weld together machine and requires a bit of experience but it is an excellent design and has a large support base for it.

zachjowi
03-02-2008, 04:44 PM
where are the designs for the Joe's CNC 4x4 Hybrid? I only see the 2006 design.

thanks

bp092
03-02-2008, 05:14 PM
PM or email Joe, he is selling the plans, full 20+ pages size d arch 24"x36", printed option too