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From: nstn@netcom.com (Nathan Stratton)
Subject: Re: Fourth CNC  Machine
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 14:04:36 GMT
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In article <yH0Lic1w165w@seanews.akita.com> dmauch@seanews.akita.com (Daniel R. Mauch) writes:
>I am nearing completion of my fourth CCNC machine. For those of you that 
>haven't followed my post before, the machines are as follows:
> 1 The experimenter's CNC machine deisgned to drill printed ciruit boards 
>for home use. This machine cost me under three hundred dollars to build. 
> 2 The second machine is a 1/2 HP converted drill press to CCNC. The 
>cross slides are capable of 5X7 travel and sports a massive  4inch vice. 
>This machine is used to drill large holes in pieces used on other 
>machines.
> 3 CCNC bandsaw. This machine is used to cut off stock at various 
>lenghts. I have run it using cursor controls. All it needs tocall it 
>complete is a piece of 1 1/4 aluminum  for a new stock feed mechanism.
>This machine including the bandsaw cost me under $400 .
> 4 Machine number four is a high speed variation of machine number 1. The 
>steppers have been upgraded an am now running 40 oz in motors. I have 
>also found a very inexpensive way out of aligning the X-Y cross slides. 
>These ball bearing slides are aligned in a machined fixture and spot 
>welded. Over a 12 inch travel the slides are usually within .002 inch.
> Since I have finished my new electronic controller, I should beable to 
>design and build a new CCNC machine every month. The next machine will 
>probably be a CCNC wood router.
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C00l, you should call "The Computer Applications Journal" I bet they 
would love an article on a CNC.

(617)769-8950

Nathan,


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