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CubeFoot CNC

Discussion in 'CNC Mills/Routers' started by andrew, May 7, 2014.

CubeFoot CNC

CubeFoot CNC

Discussion in 'CNC Mills/Routers' started by andrew, May 7, 2014.

This small desktop machine is built inside a 300mm cube of 20mm extrusion. Work area is 14cm by 14cm. I used 400 step nema17 motors all around.

  1. andrew

    andrew Well-Known Builder

    andrew published a new build:

    Read more about this build...
    andrew, May 7, 2014
    #1
  2. kram242

    kram242 OpenBuilds Team Staff Member Builder

    WOW please tell me you are going to be sharing a parts list and instruction for this build!
    Great job looking forward to seeing some cutting videos as well :thumbsup:
    kram242, May 7, 2014
    #2
  3. Anthony Webb

    Anthony Webb Well-Known Builder

    Really interested in this as well, Where are your stepper hiding and what kind of spindle do you have?
    Anthony Webb, May 8, 2014
    #3
  4. Tweakie

    Tweakie OpenBuilds Team Staff Member Builder

    Excellent looking machine Andrew :thumbsup: we definitely need to see more details of this build. ;)

    Tweakie.
    Tweakie, May 8, 2014
    #4
  5. andrew

    andrew Well-Known Builder

    Thanks guys. I'll try to get a sketchup model together when I have time. The steppers are a bit hidden. I tried to arrange them in the best way possible to use the limited space. The z-axis stepper was moved to the back of the gantry to counterbalance the spindle and reduce height. The spindle is the 400w dc model commonly found on ebay.
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    andrew, May 8, 2014
    #5
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  6. kram242

    kram242 OpenBuilds Team Staff Member Builder

    Very clean and compact build :thumbsup:
    kram242, May 8, 2014
    #6
  7. DSardano

    DSardano Well-Known Builder

    Very nice. Seems like the work area is larger that the 14cm x 14cm you've indicated. Maybe its just the photo. Whats the Z axis range ?
    DSardano, May 8, 2014
    #7
  8. Protodrake

    Protodrake Well-Known Builder

    Man thats sweet! Super jealous. May have to build one before building a laser cutter..... :D
    Protodrake, May 8, 2014
    #8
  9. CubeSpawn

    CubeSpawn Well-Known Builder

    Its a beauty! and I have a soft spot for this sort of thing (300mm cubes, O'course) and while I am not (yet) using any openbuilds components - I have watched to introduction and maturing of this concept with keen interest.
    I have a related project (related to small CNCs) called CubeSpawn

    Website http:/cubespawn.com
    Pictures picasaweb.google.com/103828779781480193226
    CubeSpawn, May 18, 2014
    #9
  10. kram242

    kram242 OpenBuilds Team Staff Member Builder

    @CubeSpawn We think this is a great open source project and have placed you on the donation list for the OpenBuilds FairShare Give Back Program. Your project is a perfect candidate :)
    Maybe we could see a future OpenRail/V-Slot version of CubeSpawn (FMS) ;)
    We wish you success with the future of the CubeSpawn project.
    Mark
    kram242, May 18, 2014
    #10
  11. Tweakie

    Tweakie OpenBuilds Team Staff Member Builder

    @CubeSpawn,

    Very interesting project, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

    Do you have any videos of a CubeSpawn machine in action ?

    Tweakie.
    Tweakie, May 18, 2014
    #11
  12. CubeSpawn

    CubeSpawn Well-Known Builder

    Not really, but I'll be happy to post one as soon as I finish the new smoothieboard/R-Pi control stack -its ROS (Robot Operating System) over Raspbian, commanding smoothie - using MTConnect for cube to cube messaging and distributed control.

    Earlier attempts have not been suitable in my opinion, lacking either power/fidelity/interoperability or reliability so the quest continues...

    http://www.raspbian.org/
    http://www.ros.org/
    http://www.mtconnect.org/
    http://smoothieware.org/
    CubeSpawn, May 18, 2014
    #12

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