CNC machine MaduixaCNC

Hello,

we have developed an open source CNC machine of 3 axis. We call it MaduixaCNC. Now it is released under GPL and we have published some details in the reprap website. I hope the reprap community wants to improve it!

The link at the reprap website: [reprap.org]

Source codes of 3D printed parts are published in github. We used openscad and FreeCAD to develop it. There is also a 3D model of the entire machine for easy assembling. Also, we have writed an assembling manual also downloadable in the website.

I'll be waiting for your opinions

Regards,
Emili Sapena - BCN Dynamics

For me - as layman at least -, this design looks pretty nice. Are there any videos or such which show a functional copy of it? I'd be interested in what one can do with it. :-)

yes, check these videos:
[www.youtube.com]
[www.youtube.com]

We used the machine also with a dremel but we don't have videos yet.

More info: [bcndynamics.com]
(tab videos)

Regards
Emili Sapena - BCN Dynamics

Congrats on the build. I also designed and built my own cnc machine so I always love to see other custom builds.

I don't like what looks to be zip ties on the X axis linear rods. I would think that you could have created another piece that goes over the rod end to prevent or reduce movement of the rod end. I think the sip the stuff works fine on non contact applications like printers but not on milling machines.

What kind of depths and feed rates are you achieving and in which materials?

Otherwise good looking machine.
Do you intend to sell lots? Of so, for how much?

Hi DRobs86, thanks for your comments.

I agree the ties for X axis rods are not the best holders for it. But we didn't want to make more changes at the end of the development and the machine works so well for the jobs we tried it. Anyway these are simple printeable models that can be easily redesigned.

We are selling kits in our website: [bcndynamics.com]

Regards,
Emili Sapena - BCN Dynamics

Cool. Best of luck to you guys. I would be interested to know how it goes for you guys selling this. I have so many ideas for machine designs that I really would like to start selling. I have one built and another in the works but both are really too big to sell and ship.

Anyway.. Sorry to hijack your thread. I do have another suggestion for you. I know that you are trying to advertise the machine as being versatile enough to run any tool, but you are calling it a CNC which at least in the US people equate with a milling machine. Because of this, I think you should ship it with an arduino Uno and a grbl shield. The most widely used hobby cnc software is grbl which is designed to run on the Uno. There is a Mega 2560 grbl fork, but the grbl maintainer targets the Uno.

Hi again,

thanks for your feedback! We are selling enough kits, we feel happy about that

We tested arduino uno + arduino cnc shield (compatible grbl shield) but the problem was the grbl firmware. You need to crosscompile it to work in an arduino. We can do it, but we thought that it would be complicated for many clients. Anyway we could prepare a kit version with these electronics for clients that know how to do that.

We didn't include the tool in our kit because there are many different tools, with different features and prices. We are plannig to have a kit including the tool we chose, in addition to the existing one.


Regards,

I looked at the manual, but it's in Spanish. Is there an English version ou there? Looks really good though - Good Job!

Not bad! A 3D printed PCB CNC drill is definitely on my to-do list.
Best regards,
Bobby