Student Building a CNC Machine for Metal

[praetor]

Let's all bow our heads down in prayer in hopes that this thread will die...let's have a moment of silence, which represents MetalCNCing not listening to sound advice. Now I will recite prayer in latin.

Oh, let us go of any dummy with disposable moneyyyyy, Ohmmmmm
especially a fifteen year old progenyyyyyy, Ohmmmmm
whose research is iffy and quite possibly unworthyyyyy, Ohmmmmm

MetalCNCing ignorant be thy name
when mistakes will come, your comeupons will be done
on earth but should be on the sun, give us our day our steady head
deliver us from this evil thread or else we will all be dead.

this should cleanse us of this thread.

[ger21]

Originally Posted by MetalCNCing Is anyone going to help me, by giving me additional help??!! Thanks...

OK. You got a bit of help, but you apparently new better, and some grief because of that. Build your machine, and prove them wrong. Or right.

Everyone else, lighten up a bit here.

[vacpress]

I was already to try and gve him some advice via aim, but it seems like it will be a lost cause, aparently. My advice is to start with a small machine and see how difficult and time consuming anything at all out of metal can be... not to mention most 15 year olds wont have the machine shop\fabrication ability to build such a thing.. i have been building project after project since i was 10 years old, give or take, and with an unlimited budget, it would still be very difficult to make a machine like the one he linked to.. He needs to learn to machine metal on a manual mill first... Get the spindle speeds, bit selection, coolant concerns, safety issues, general feel of working metal... This should take him about a year, at least..

Geeze.. . He would get so much help from all you great guys... It is a shame when someone states their intentions with a appeal for help, and then gets really defensive... Aspergers..

Robert

[praetor]

I agree with you guys, mostly with vacpress because it only makes sense, but the kid has it ingrained in his head that it can only be done his way or no way at all, atleast it seems, that is akin to a bad drunk. You go out your way not to have your friend[s] drive in an inebriated condition but they fight tooth and nail to try and tell you they're not drunk, so as a friend you have to practically knock some sense into him, or atleast knock him out, so that he can atleast try and live another day. Only difference is this kid isn't drunk...what's more...that's the sad part. As vacpress tried to suggest, I would advise: MetalCNCing...kid...gain some experience, with an unlimited budget by yourself cheap tabletop machines, convert them into CNC then work your way up...pace yourself, you have the time and money...ultimately you would gain the experience you need to build your beheamoth...maybe at nine-teen and experience under your belt...also, atleast you would still have your whole life ahead of you to do what ever it is you want to do. If this kid wants help then the first thing we should do is talk him out of taking on such a daunting undertaking...remember the movie king kong kid...the sh*t will bite you. take it slow. You asked for help, most of these people on cnc zone had to work years to get to where they are now, imagine the combined experience here? You have alot of imagination, energy and not to mention money but you don't have alot of patience and alot of teenage rebeliousness those two make for a categorical catastrophy...Oh and by the way, I am just now learning cnc, and I have a whole slew of manual machines you name them I probaly have them, I collect them but I always buy two of each when ever possible, one for collecting and one for play I have more of an extensive collection of manual machines then Jay Leno has Cars...he told me himself, I don't know if you've guessed it yet, but I have unlimited funds, also...I come from money, let's just say...if your parents or other family member makes rum cake, most likely, they are using my families brand of rum. You undersatand? kid, better things come to those who wait...really, I know.