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Partially 3D printed CNC machine (streamable.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Right now all it has is a plotter adding but I'm also making a mount for a mill and lasercutter. It's meant mostly for making circuit boards but should be able to handle other projects as well.

It's designed in FreeCAD and some parts were sourced from discarded laboratory devices from my job as well as a broken 3D printer.

Here's a link to the FreeCAD in its current form. I'm not happy about Google but this is to be shared for free so it's okay.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TaGmB2l-2IpyjhtpyuxbR6gJtIwyiHvx/view?usp=drivesdk

Right now it's a bit messy but I intend to post it to printables.com later when it's fully done.

The video is sped up 8x. I think it can handle this speed realtime as well.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'd like to see the FreeCAD file both in the "a bit messy" form as well as in the cleaned up form.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same, I'm also a learning FreeCAD user.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nice! Once you get the hang of it FreeCAD is quite pleasant to use in my experience. I've updated the OP with a gdrive link.

I've designed it partially by importing step files of commercial parts such as the stepper motors, aluminium extrusions etc. They can be found on sites like grabcad. You can just make a throwaway account there since you need to sign up to download anything. At least it's free...

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