Epple Wooden CNC

[keyne]

This is not a DIY machine, just showing that good/commercial machines can be made from wood..
German company Epple, a traditional maker of woodworking benches, also offers a cnc router made completely from laminated european beech. It is a cantileved design with INA slides, this allows full access to the table like a workbench. Of course it has a big footprint..
Rapid speeds are not given unfortunately and neither is the drive system. It looks like servos to my eyes and rack and pinion on the X and Y axis. Ball Screw on Z.

Link to PDF with pictures:
http://www.holz-cnc-epple.de/ho-cnc-100.pdf

I think they use the material they are most comfortable with. Not unlike us mere hobbyists building wooden machines...

[Jason Marsha]

That's a monster for a wooden machine, thanks for the link. Hopefully they have a video of it in action.

Jason

[keyne]

I don't know of a video, but here's another article about it (in german):
http://www.fh-ulm.de/Fachbereiche/Ma...sch/epple.html

[Rance]

...here's another article about it (in german)...

For English (sortof), go to www.babelfish.altavista.com and paste in the link http://www.fh-ulm.de/Fachbereiche/Ma...sch/epple.html . Hope this helps.

[ger21]

Sort of is right. I did that last night.

[vacpress]

woah. that thing is a albatross if ever there was one!

[Madclicker]

This thing makes my elephant look like an anorexic super model.

[vacpress]

....well-known for its high-quality and functionally arranged hobelbaenke.....