Follow Up Of My Cnc Put Together Now

[chris69randy]

hi gang

as you can see i have now put my cnc which i got off ebay together, i have not run it yet and dont know how to yet (never ever used one) so i hope you like it and all the best with your builds.

thanks
chris

[Torsten]

Very nice!
Looks like a quality build.
How much did you end up spending for it, seams like a lot of expensive components
where used.
Travel? , Stiffness?.
You will have fun running this machine seams strong enough for some
aluminum jobs.

[chris69randy]

hi


in total the cost was well over the odds at about £600 even more so when i have not managed to get it to work yet as i dont know how to.

you can see the sizes on this link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...sPageName=WDVW

i want to use it to make parts for a bigger machine that i will start to build very soon.

thanks
chris

[santiniuk]

Chris,

Nice looking machine.

A few questions. Does this come as 'kit' with all the mounting points predrilled etc. ?
Is it well documented or did you struggle ?

You mentioned you don't know how to get it to work. What's the problem ?
Maybe we can help a little. (I'm only a novice mind !)

Cheers

[chris69randy]

hi gang

all that came with it was the framing and the steppers, i had to buy the rest of the stuff.
the frame was pre-drilled with all the holes and goe's together no problem now the only problem i have is i dont have the board set up yet (just waiting for it to come) and the fact that i have no idea how to use one of these dont help to much either.

thats why i got myself a small cnc first to learn how to use it before i start to build my bigger cnc about 3"x5" just starting to buy parts for it now, what io would like to know is on a cnc that big what stepper motors would be a good size to use, i want to cut wood and aluminum.

thanks
chris

[sp00k1e]

a 3" x 5" router could probably be run with 3.5" floppy steppers .
Im sorry I couldn't say about a 3' by 5' but my jgro ( about 2' x 3') is running ok with 180oz steppers and M12 studding so it would run with this sort of size but would probably take a week to get from one side to the other, but with the proper leadscrew would probably be ok. At slow step rates steppers have a lot of torque.
Paul

[chris69randy]

hi gang

well i got the thing going and what a waste of time and money that was, its slow the stepper motors are very weak and all its good for is routing pcb's.

cant thank the dipstick enough that sold it to me and heres a warning for all you people that want to buy one from him on ebay DONTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=3781847346

i paid well over £600 for this with all the shipping and i should have just decided to build my own from the start, take that advice people build you own.

anyway thanks for all the support from you people out there and i will be back when i start to build my own, once i buy another to learn how to use them i know i know buy not make, well i have to see how to use one first so i dont mess up the bigger one i am going to make.

thanks again gang
chris

[Torsten]

Sorry you are not happy with this machine.
The E-bay item stated that it is for non-metal parts only, looking at the
tiny motors it seams obvious.
What is it you are dissatisfied with?

One of the Pictures in the add shows open bearing blocks this would allow
to further stiffen the slide rails by adding supports along.
Cant tell but if this is possibly on all axes then you could easyly make some small
additions to really beef this thing up.

Seams the small motors would work good with a XYLOWTEC drive, slow but for
under $1000.- Dollars this seams not to be that bad a deal.
Good Luck

[pen25]

well you can upgrade the motors.. and do small things with it. dont think you lost out.. learn how htis thing works and go from there.

[santiniuk]

Hey Chris,

This sounds like a good machine.

I was so tempted myself .......


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...506732898&rd=1

[chris69randy]

hi mate

yeah its really kool, only because its mine.

i have advertised it on ebay just to get back what i paid out for it really, that way i can build a bigger machine with all the help from you lot on here.

thanks

[Kammo1]

Hey Chris is it really that bad?? Kammo1