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« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2010, 22:28:10 PM »
Woohoo!
Nice work there billscottni.

Nothing like the cool smell of molted solder, an din my case burned fingers, to cheer a man up. :)
Just curious what stepper motors did you get and do you have plans for the structure already?
I sometime ago bought the stepper motor controllers and main board but ended never building the CNC. :(
Instead I get excited to see other people building those.
..Nando

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« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2010, 22:37:06 PM »
Nando,

Machine is to these plans:

http://www.drayconstruction.com/foamstuffs/ simple and easy to store. Joe's machine is probably better, but takes up sooooooooooo much space

Stepper motors from Technimaniacs
http://technimaniacs.free.fr/debut.htm

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« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2011, 17:15:19 PM »
Last post said the machine would be to the Dray design. I built it that way and found I couldn't get smooth movement. Changed to the La Rustica Design from a French website, runs on ballbearings so will hopefully be smoother!
 








Another couple of nights should see it ready for a trial run :?: