3 axis CNC from instructables parts question

Hi I seen the 3 axis CNC machine in instructables. It seemed interesting now the premade parts on reprap made sence. Now does the arduino and motordrivers software and such work with this project also?

It would seem this put together could be the seed of the rerap...

Parts of the darwin were machined.

This CNC machine could do it.

That would also allow for PCB board cutting right?

I am mostly interested in PCBs.

I believe you are referencing what is referred to on here as a McWire to honor the guy who came up with the orginal design.

In RepRap sense is refered to as a RepStrap that you use to manufactor parts to build a Darwin for Additive manufacturing with a plastic extruder.

Since the McWire was designed for very light milling you can do some very light CNC work with it; though the tool chain that everyone is focusing on here is not for CNC.

However to do even light CNC you need the motion control and this group has made very rapid strides towards reliable electronics that are relatively easy to assemble.

My guess is that in the next month or two there will be a single board Sanguino motherboard kit that you simply plug all the boards that you build from online store kits together and that will take care of most the electronics.

Most people would like to do light milling and various members are experimenting with it inbetween trying to prefect the plastic extrusion process.

freds Wrote:
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> In RepRap sense is refered to as a RepStrap that
> you use to manufactor parts to build a Darwin for
> Additive manufacturing with a plastic extruder.
>
NOT! A reprstrap is any machine that you can build that will let you produce parts for a Reprap machine. A Darwin is a Reprap machine, not THE reprap machines. Reprap machines are machines that can reproduce themselves to an extent.
>
> Since the McWire was designed for very light
> milling you can do some very light CNC work with
> it; though the tool chain that everyone is
> focusing on here is not for CNC.
>
NOT SO. Tommelise 2.0 does both light milling AND plastics printing.
>
> However to do even light CNC you need the motion
> control and this group has made very rapid strides
> towards reliable electronics that are relatively
> easy to assemble.
>
> My guess is that in the next month or two there
> will be a single board Sanguino motherboard kit
> that you simply plug all the boards that you build
> from online store kits together and that will take
> care of most the electronics.
>
Good luck on that.
>
> Most people would like to do light milling and
> various members are experimenting with it
> inbetween trying to prefect the plastic extrusion
> process.
>
No again. Some of us are concentrating on milling and letting other people do the extrusion work.

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Forrest Higgs Wrote:
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> freds Wrote:
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> >
> > In RepRap sense is refered to as a RepStrap
> that
> > you use to manufactor parts to build a Darwin
> for
> > Additive manufacturing with a plastic extruder.
> >
> NOT! A reprstrap is any machine that you can
> build that will let you produce parts for a Reprap
> machine. A Darwin is a Reprap machine, not THE
> reprap machines. Reprap machines are machines
> that can reproduce themselves to an extent.
> >
> > Since the McWire was designed for very light
> > milling you can do some very light CNC work
> with
> > it; though the tool chain that everyone is
> > focusing on here is not for CNC.
> >
> NOT SO. Tommelise 2.0 does both light milling AND
> plastics printing.
> >
> > However to do even light CNC you need the
> motion
> > control and this group has made very rapid
> strides
> > towards reliable electronics that are
> relatively
> > easy to assemble.
> >
> > My guess is that in the next month or two there
> > will be a single board Sanguino motherboard kit
> > that you simply plug all the boards that you
> build
> > from online store kits together and that will
> take
> > care of most the electronics.
> >
> Good luck on that.
> >
> > Most people would like to do light milling and
> > various members are experimenting with it
> > inbetween trying to prefect the plastic
> extrusion
> > process.
> >
> No again. Some of us are concentrating on milling
> and letting other people do the extrusion work.


Hi Forrest

Didn't mean to offend or make lite of the work that you have done in milling.

From everthing I had read on here you have been a great contributor.

Have your seen this post on the Sanguino RepRap motherboard?

[blog.reprap.org]


Anyway was trying to give a new member a general orientation based on how he had found us; as he had posted in number of area's on here.

I wasn't trying to lay a rule but I guess you have been descibed as the exeception to the rule a number of times(grin)?