Anyone near Washington DC?

[lotmi127]

I'm very interested in building a CNC machine for wood working and mayhaps some motion control ideas I have. Is there anyone doing such in the Washington DC area??
Kevin

[gmfoster]

Originally Posted by lotmi127 I'm very interested in building a CNC machine for wood working and mayhaps some motion control ideas I have. Is there anyone doing such in the Washington DC area?? Kevin

There are at least two hobby CNC groups that meet in the DC area. Both are part of or subsets of the CAMS group. Join the list serv. There was a CNC meeting tonight between DC and Baltimore.


Start here
http://www.cams-club.org/


Garry

[ViperTX]

Kevin, where in DC are you? I can help with the design, but I don't have a workshop or any tools in this area.

[jkeyser14]

I live in Baltimore. I'm very busy, but if you get in touch with me I could always give you my advice as far as motion control and machine building goes.

John

[ViperTX]

Anyone live in or around Alexandria, VA?

[ViperTX]

Hello...

[Nitroghost]

Originally Posted by ViperTX Hello...

I live in Springfield off the FFX county Parkway. I am pretty new to the hobby but have finished a Buildyourcnc.com machine and have started a Solsilvia machine. I am still working out the bugs on the first machine.

Jim

[numb-lock]

Hi guys,

I'm a newbie at CNC and I'm currently working on the electronics set up for servo motors.

[glentner]

Originally Posted by ViperTX Anyone live in or around Alexandria, VA?

I'm in manassas and just found this thread.
Anything interesting come up?
(I have a home-made VMC)

-gl

[ViperTX]

glentner,

I just completed the build of my X3 with the CNC Fusion Deluxe Ballscrew Kit. Using Keling KL6050 Stepper Drivers and MACH3....everything seems to run...the axis have been calibrated.

Now, I looking for software to create parts with...looked at VCarve Pro last night and it does alot, but I could not figure out how to create stuff that is domed instead of flat on top, so I moved to MOI which seems to allow me to extrude, revolve, etc. looks like it will work....I'm working on the MOI tutorial.

In the future, I'll be adding a 4th axis (rotary-horizontal).

PM me your phone and address and I'll see when I can hitch a ride to see your VMC.

Paul