It has arrived :)

[ullbergm]

My new Cheap CNC router arrived yesterday..

The motors should arrive later today, i'll post more pictures once i get it up and running.

Everything looks great so far, sturdy construction, nice looking materials. Looks like it'll run nicely.

[CNCadmin]

Looks great!

[marvinstov]

Great!
Let me know how you like it. My 12/24 machine should be here in about three days.
Marv.

[hardmill]

I want one

PEACE

[marvinstov]

If he builds it they will come, just send the money!

[cbcnc]

Hey that's a nice joiner.
Just joking. That is a clean looking machine. What sized motors does Cheap Cnc recommend for that machine?

Chris

[50a]

Whoa! Let us know! Go, go, go!

What is the first "real" project you're gonna do?

[ullbergm]

Progress report:

I'm using LinuxEMC and it's working great. It was really easy to get it accurate. When i say accurate i just mean that measuring it with a caliper (sp?) looks good and that a circle comes back to where it started. I dont have any better measuing tools right now but it looks pretty good.

I've not used it for a 'real' project yet, but i think the first project is going to be a plexiglas router template. That's a product im going to try to market and sell.

The second thing is to do inlay work on a box for my wife. (if i can figure out how to attach images i'll post a example of what type of pattern im looking at)

Cheap cnc uses the max nc driver+motors. I already had a stepperworld driver and some 180 oz nema 23 motors so i just ordered the machine without the motors. I can't really speak for how the machine would do with the stock motors/controller and my power resistors has not come in yet (i can only run the motors at 5v) so i'll give a new update as far as cutting speeds and stuff once they come in.

over all im really excited, i cant wait to get back to it this morning.. normally i'd sleep in on a saturday, but not today ;-)

[ullbergm]

Originally posted by 50a Whoa! Let us know! Go, go, go! What is the first "real" project you're gonna do?

Here is a picture of the pattern im looking at engraving or inlaying on the top of the box for my wife:

[ullbergm]

It's really fascinating to watch it run

Here is a picture of my first cut:
I did not bother cleaning out the cut.. since im running the motors at half their power right now i didnt want to wait too long..

[boxwood]

Hi
Looks good, you will have a great time this weekend with the new machine. What software you using to convert the image to gcode.

Ray

[ullbergm]

Originally posted by boxwood Hi Looks good, you will have a great time this weekend with the new machine. What software you using to convert the image to gcode. Ray

i'm sure i will

i sent it to a friend that has a older version of onecnc, looks like a really nice program. wish i could afford it.

i'm looking around right now for a free/really cheap program.
any suggestions?