Aussie members

[IJ.]

Northern Burbs of Melbourne here .

I'm retrofitting a Mill in this thread Knee Mill Retrofit and am almost finished

[Tibor]

Just signed in for first time I have 2 small CNC's in Heidelberg Melb

[ynneb]

Welcome Tibor, I am glad to see you put your first post In the Aussie section

Tell us all what you are using your machines for.
Did you make them your self, or part with the big bucks and buy ready mades?

[Moondog]

Hello Guys.

Just joined the group. I am in Canberra.

I am looking to build a CNC Router to cut boat kits and the machine needs to handle a 2440*1220 plywood sheet. Cutting thickness will vary between 3mm to 20mm, mostly 12mm and less.

I have looked at the following:

1. Machine Tool Camp
2. CNC Router Plans
3. Data-Cut.

The Data-Cut looks the best engineered but the plans are for a smaller unit. It states you can upsize but you have to do the upscaling yourself and determine the best method of moving the X & Y axis. This of course implies you have knowledge of parts available, extrusion sizes etc. I know sweet F@#* All about this.

maybe it is not as difficult as I imagine?...

The CNC Router plans looks great however the base and sides looks 'unfinished'. Maybe there are methods to make it more professionaly finished.

Most importantly the machine firstly has to perform the functions required, be accurate and easy to use. Secondly the parts can be readily obtained without too much outside machining required.

I hope I have given enough information for my requirements and I appreciate any help in pointing me in the right direction.

Cheers

PS. If anyone wants to email me: frans@cfbs.com.au

[MonoNeuron]

Hi Blokes,
I'm here in Broken Hill, NSW and have made a 4m long lathe for verandah posts and a small gantry router all with stepper drives. I'm currently in the process of building a 5' x 5' servo drive router using the Rutex drives and will probably add a 4th axis at a later date. Good to see some other people into this area of home CNC'ing. Been researching this stuff for about 2 years and my girlfriend has become an internet widow becuse of it. I will try to post a pic of the new router half built and to give a comparison of size, I am 6'5" tall 118 kgs.
Bought a lot of crap on ebay before I found www.mcmaster.com for most of my screws, slides etc. Possibly the best site I have come across as they have about 400,000 items in inventory and shipping is not a prob to Aus. Mini Bearings in Brisbane also do Techno-isel stuff and are also pretty good for prices but you have to contact them by email for prices.
warm regards.
Richard.

[ynneb]

Thanks for giving us your height and weight MonoNeuron. I will now know not to rub you up the wrong way.
I have wondered about long axis wood lathes. I guess you cant spin them too quick, otherwise you will get a lot of wobble. I have also wondered if it was feasible to use a router as the cutting tip. That way you could remove a lot of material and not have to spin the piece as quick. Do you know if this is a done method?

Hey Moondog, have you seen these plans for a router? http://www.inshorepowerboats.com/cnc.../CNCROUTER.htm Maybe I am old fashion but steel seems a good choice for a router the size you want.

[B Norris]

Hi guys this is Bill Norris Im a mechanic and live in Westlake , Brisbane I have a small bridge port mill and a good size lathe. Id say my machining skills would be average . I have been interested in budget cnc for a couple of years now. but am still gathering imformation and ideas, Id love to convert or build something cnc I think its great share imfo and ideas and Im glade to be able to kick off as the Brisbane contact .

[Auzze]

HI..

My name is Stuart Mitchell and I live in Ballarat, Victoria.
I have just started ordering all the stuff I need to make my frist CNC Table. The size will be about 2' x 6', most of it will be made from 25mm MDF. I will be using a 500HP GMC router for the cutter. Control system will be from HobbyCNC using 3 80oz stepper Motors. Software will be TurboCNC.
I will post some images as I go.

Thanks it for now.
Stuart (AKA) Auzze

[c-c-cncboy]

Woof! Lonely in Sydney apparently. I have a lot going on with rapid prototyping via CNC milling. Fourth axis is my specialty, including techniques to rotary scan, capturing areas normally excluded by undercuts/shadows/cavities of carvings etc. Then after editing/scaling I detail mill including the difficult areas. I'm into inexpensive high speed spindles, light-duty CNCs with 2000x1400x700 motion for RP in soft materials. Down the bottom end I rout onesy-twosey PCBs on a CNC engraver when I don't feel like etching. Don't get me started ... Regards, Terrence

[robbycar]

Lousy day in Chatswood anyway!

Even worse since I stuffed my Xylotex driver board!!!

Another is on the way, then I can finally try out my mill retro.

Rob.

[thrum]

Hi guys
Thrum from Sydney ,I found cnc zone through an instrument makers forum.
Im really interested in making my own cnc router to shape my guitar necks .

Ive ordered a set of plans through crank organ just to get an idea of how the
concept works.
Im looking forward to asking a few questions.

[thrum]

cc cnc boy(terence)
I flicked past your post without reading that your in sydney.
Could you recommend a machinist who is capable of carving the back of my guitar necks.
Thanks Dan