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Voxel Evolution

This is a remix of Marshal Peck's Voxel OX, with some design tweaks inspired by Makerparts and jjcolletta. It has a build area of 300mm X 300mm X 480mm, but is easily configured for just about any build area up to 500mm X 500mm X 750mm. I have used some laser cut acrylic plates and a couple of 3D printed parts in its construction, however it can be assembled using nothing but OpenBuilds parts with the exception of the heated bed and the Y axis carrier for the heated bed.

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Spark Concepts
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66861
CNC xPRO Driver

Spark Concepts CNC xPRO Driver. A new GRBL compatible, all-in-one stepper driver board with 4 motor controllers for XYZ + 1 clone (or rotary!). Capable of powering your next build with an ATX PSU (or 12V 2 wire supply), and ready for wireless printing. Compatible with Arduino (wireless robots anyone?)
Horizontal CNC V-Beem v1

V-Beem horizontal milling machine built on OpenBuilds components. Simple structure, great expansion possibilities, high stiffness.
Mini-OX

An OX-inspired mini desktop mill. Designed in OpenSCAD, these parts are fully parametric and can be customized to your liking.

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kallibaba
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25978
CNC Sand and Spraycalk drawmaschine

A little CNC Sand and Spraycalk drawmaschine More and details in the next weeks
Charging Ox CNC Machine

A heavily modified Ox CNC build to replace SO2.

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Yanou Fishel
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3330
Beefed up Minimill

A beefed up minimill, ready to gnaw on some aluminum! HG15 linear rails, a thick heavy column, bellows and easy fixturing and tramming.

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Crazzy French Dude
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2084
PeeNaPle_V1.4b

PeeNaPle_V1.4b is a BoB controller board for 3D Printers, CnC and cartesian machine, using the latest Teensy_4.1

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StrictlyScale
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3640
Lead1010 Build with Enclosure

First time CNC builder puts together a Lead1010 machine.

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Apothus
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18997
Sphinx rigid XL

Rigid variant of the C-Beam sphinx platform
Massive Hotwire Foam Cutter

CNC Hot Wire Foam Cutter. Lathe, Turntable and 4 axis Cutter. Can cut XPS and EPS.
SCoreXY

Currently I have Velleman/3Drag K8200 modified and CNC machine self built and wanted to use both to make new 3D printer. After looking at different designs I liked Voron a lot and have decided to go that way. Currently I have ordered majority of parts and build shall start soon. I don't plan to rush it as I am usually 2 months home and 2 off. Today done some electronics. Looks ok. https://youtu.be/ls_tl54ruE0

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Troy Proffitt
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18271
Sphinx Upgraded plates / ballscrews and linear rail

Upgraded Sphinx Cbeam using 3/8 aluminum plates and linear rails / ballscrews
INDY-TR12 CNC (12mm Diameter Lead Screws)

TR12x3 screws, M8 wheel sets, a draw built into the design, an electronics set built onto the kit, back brace to stop C-Beam twist.
Learning how to build

I made a 5x10 foot cnc out of the parts I bought on this site. It's been upgraded and tinkered with ever since. The end goal is to learn enough to learn to build a large 10x10 foot 3d printer.

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GinoTheCop
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11543
GTC2020

A 1000 by 1000 CNC Router with linear rails and a control box.
SB Plotter

Large floor or wall mounted plotter design.
My Ooznest Workbee V2.0 build

I'm new to this whole process, so this is a build by a newbie for newbies.

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Andreas Bockert
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8342
Sphinx Z-axis upgrade

Upgraded Z-axis for Sphinx-style CNC using ball screws and linear rails.

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Schematix
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142203
OX-Metal CNC Router Mill

The OX-Metal is based on the original OX CNC mill But with a few modifications and add-ons
Plasma CNC machine

The plasma CNC that I have built has a water table that measures 1350mm x 650mm. The water is flooded onto the cut area while cutting and recycled around with a pump. This is to reduce smoke, cool the metal being cut to reduce distortion and also to keep sparks to a minimum. Most of the machine has been made from aluminium , the frame and table from steel, the water table, stainless steel.
Cnc Router 3000 x 1000 mm

In progress
1200X600 SPHINX

Need cnc to make alumunium sign, brass stamp, etc

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beardyblair
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22884
Sphinx XL

My build log of an adapted Sphinx design with additional height and a larger X and Y axis.
Plasma cutter - 608 on steel tube version

CNC Plasma cutter: 608ZZ on steel square tube linear rollers Welded frame HDT2-15 Belt Drive Tradeweld Cut-40 Plasma cutter with converted hand torch Virtual Torch Height Control through inductive probing - open source electronics project

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Tristen Poliseno
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1165
Back and forth rail mechanism

I have the whole description and all the details in the "Body" section!
WorkBee Saving Lives

Using the WorkBee to protect doctors against Corona virus.

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Braden Masse
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1743
Microwave Filter Tuner

The Microwave Filter Tuner (MFT) combined with the University of Regina’s tuning algorithm automatically tunes microwave filters by using a custom CNC machine with a computer vision system for identifying, mapping, and tuning each filter element, providing improved consistency, flexibility, and accuracy compared to traditional methods. The MFT is low cost and is capable of tuning multiple filter configurations with minimal preparation.

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Alexander Leiser
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5965
Paintbot painting cnc

Custom painting machine in designed and wrote the software for. Paintings are with acrylic color on canvas
Raspberry Pi CNC Software

The main objective is to build a software which can completely run on a single board computer, Rasbperry Pi, to reduce the complete cost of building a cnc machine. The software is extensively tested and can be run on any raspberry pi 2/3 boards. With no G-Code dependency, you can do complex 3D relief carving to simple tasks with simple GUI based project development environment. Please go through the YouTube channel for more details https://youtu.be/8KOXqLpvscg
Aluminum OX build with some modifications

This is my OX CNC router. It has been a labor of love for over a year now! I hope you find it interesting and inspiring! I also hope that it gives some of you more experienced CNC builders a different perspective and some ideas!
ROUTY CNC Router (V-Slot Belt & Pinion)

A cool little CNC router build that uses the V-Slot belt & pinion drive and stock parts.
Yet Another LEAD CNC Build

My take on the LEAD CNC build. Followed the instructions and I think it came together very nicely. Added a few of my own touches to finish up the build.

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Martin.Barfoed
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86687
Stainless OX

Large format 1200X1500mm OX Build using Stainless Steel plates, dual belt configuration. Limit switches is a mix of micro switches and NPN Proximity switches. Electronics based on parallel break out board, Long Motor Stepper drivers (Chinese stuff) and motors controlled by Mach3. Spindel will be Kress 1050.

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Mark Carew
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4864
OpenBuilds PowerCase

A simple to assemble, super clean and safe PSU case solution that fits into the OpenBuilds wire management ecosystem
SharkBits Holder

Get organized with the SharkBits Holder!
OX TWO in ONE

What I'm doing is pretty self explanatory. I've put a few pictures up
Ox cnc improvements chain driven

Just ox cnc experiment

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UltiBots
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27114
UltiBots CB3030 CNC Router

The UltiBots CB3030 CNC uses C-Beam, V-Slot and an extruded aluminum T-Slot work table. This allows 6mm T-Nuts, step clamps and blocks to secure materials to the work surface. The all metal design makes the use of a mister possible.

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DaleShaw
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2658
Senior Project CNC table

So for my senior project I decided to build a CNC router. I kind of need to get this done before May so we'll see what all goes down. It's going to be a 3 axis machine (for now) and will be able to handle 4x8 sheets of wood. This is my first build. It's going to be intresting..

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David Florian
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6080
Dual Extruders 3D Printer - Zidex Upgraded

How to build an Independent Dual EXtruder (IDEX) 3D printer from OpenBuilds parts.

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Darren Dickson
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1998
3D printed CNC Machine

So I thought I would make the Leon van den Beukel version three 3D printed CNC Machine, it is the third incarnation so you would expect a relatively bug-free CNC Machine with a strong foundation.

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Neil Scott
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1083
Barcelona Build

This will be my second CNC build but this time a proper CNC not a small desktop model that I played with for a while to learn Gcode, It was great but now its time to start playing with the big boys and girls.

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mytechno3d
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28808
Plasma cutting table

This is our plasma cutting table , based on the famous OX CNC . Can cut up to 15 mm ( steel , stainless , aluminium ) with a really good accuracy and at a really high speed .

Build Author
Mark Carew
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22984
OpenBuilds Sphinx 1050 (20" x 40")

The OpenBuilds Sphinx 1050 - 500x1000 Lead Screw Machine
PhlatMDF48

Building a Phlat based CNC for MDF processing. Capacity of 48" x unlimited length.

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Vunnie
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4669
Workbee CNC on steroids

My First major improvement was changing the controller to a Acorn board. I loved the way a dedicated userinterface was speeding up my workflow. Next project my Y Axis. On Aliexpress I ordered a couple of 16mm ballscrews and some lineair rail. Before I took my gantry off I quickly made some aluminium profiles to fit my carriages. Withouth any doubt these improvements where worth it

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Mark Carew
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11612
V-Slot™ Nema 23 Linear Actuator (Belt Driven)

This example build shows how easy it is to make a linear actuator using a few OpenBuilds Parts.
Sphinx 55 with 3D Printed Addons

This is a build log of the Openbuilds Sphinx 55 with some 3D printed parts for the electronics and probably other parts as they come up.

Build Author
Mark Carew
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19920
OpenBuilds Workbee 1050 (40" x 20")

The OpenBuilds WorkBee 1050 - 1000x500 Lead Screw Driven CNC Machine
cnc vreesbank 2500x30000

This cnc milling machine is 3 meters by 30 meters,

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MattR
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9820
Fixed Gantry CNC Router with Old Industrial Supplies

I got lucky enough to purchase aluminum extrusions and linear motion components (and nuts/bolts/etc) at scrap metal prices when a bunch of industrial automation equipment was decommissioned. The only problem is that the aluminum extrusions are not metric sizes... they are the 1.5"x3" 80/20 series. It has presented a few challenges but nothing too bad.

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Craig Hollabaugh
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2606
Hyatt and My Journey to Tonehenge

I'm conducing guitar loudspeaker cabinet fabrication technique research (material type/thickness, mechanical joints, adhesives, etc) and how these relate to cabinet/speaker coupling and enclosure resonance with respect to psycho-acoustics. Basically, does one speaker cab sound better than another and why?

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mjenkins5720
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1439
Modified LEAD machine

At the moment this build is in progress, I will be updating the files as I finish the remainder of the machine. This machine is intended to be a multipurpose CNC, but a bit bigger than a desktop unit. The machine is scalable in the X and Y axis.
Cnc od grinder and thread grinder

This is a totally original build of an od id grinder and thread grinder, I hope.
BKE Lead 1010 - First CNC Router

LEAD CNC
Cnc Mill using standard and 3d printed cimponents

I used the cad designs for the c beam to find a solution to my initial sourcing problem. I figured that I could use 2x 20x20 and 1x 20x80 Profil to create a c beam actuator. I sourced all of the profiles from a local machin builder and t-nuts and screws in my local hardware store. Some parts are currently in 3d printed pla for testing reasons.

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Lasersc
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8606
D&R Tiger Paw build combo

The Tiger Paw will be a 1000mm X 500mm Cartesian style CNC with the Minimill attached to the end. It is named the D&R Tiger Paw because my son, Daniel, and myself, Richard, will put this Tiger strong and fast machine together. Our goal is to have a Tiger strong build with a Paw print that wouldn’t take up a huge amount of space in our garage.
CNC 1000x1000mm C-beam

inspired by http://openbuilds.org/builds/c-beam-sphinx.3605/

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viktop
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12335
Simple CNC Router (Nema17, V-slot 2040, Arduino, GRBL)

An OX-inspired mini desktop mill.

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Sir Bagels
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1416
CNC Auto-pipette

Senior Design Project Bennett Robertson, Megan England University of Iowa College of Engineering

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Lasersc
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2376
The D & R TigerPaw Trilogy

Hopefully this will be a quick guide to one way that you can add a laser to an existing CNC router.
CNC Router Machine

CNC Router with working area 550*550*200

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roadss
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20039
Rawcnc 1.5 Desktop Edition

This will showcase the build of my Rawcnc 1.5. A rigid cnc router from the Swedish company Rawcnc, featuring a rather cool linear motion system, rack & pinion and steel reinforced X-axis capable of milling aluminum.

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msdosfx
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4191
Workbee 1510 Screw Driven

Workbee 1510 screw driven build by MsDosFX.
EOX v2

Upgrading my CNC router to run on ball screws. Me and the belts where not getting along.

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KronBjorn
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2840
WorkBee Lead 1010, Reduced Footprint, Nema17

This is a WorkBee 1000x1000mm with lead screws and Nema17's. It has a reduced footprint, with the geared Nema's inside the frame.

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RobFromLDMS
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3265
Lithgow Mens Shed CNC build

The tale of how we put together our CNC Router, and some of the difficulties encountered. It is now ready for final testing and commissioning.
Rotary CNC

I'm building a machine specifically for doing 4th axis work on woodwind instruments.
Rotary Axis OX Derivitive

A Rotary Axis CNC router based on the OX CNC Router
Phlux Core XY Laser Etcher

A 750mm x 1000mm Core XY Laser Etcher/Cutter. To cut down on cost I tried to have as many parts as possible be printed.

Build Author
John J Talavera
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16096
CNC FOR EVERYONE!

This build was very complex due to the fact I wanted to create a low cost larger than normal CNC. I did not want a MDF or plastic body. I wanted it to be able to do more than most CNC routers this size on the market.
Cnc mill, Plasma cutting and weld table

A functional table for plasma cutting, welding, tooling........

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Mark Carew
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27279
PhlatPrinter MK 3

The Phlatprinter 3 was designed to be used in a small shop with the ability to cut large sheets of foam for RC airplane projects. The idea was that you could save all of your aircraft as models and tweak to perfection after every flight.

Build Author
Mark Carew
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66048
Original PhlatPrinter

Phlatprinter foam cutting CNC machines are awesome space saving mills that use a rotary axis as a sheet feed.
Open source large format CNC-machine and 3D printer

For a schoolproject we decided to build this large format CNC-machine. The greatest part of the mechanics were sourced from OpenBuilds.
CNC Hot Wire Cutter 4 Axis for Cutting Foam Wings

My build is to allow me to cut foam wings using CNC Hot Wire Cutter.
Shapeoko 2 - my first CNC

This was my first foray into CNC. I chose to go with a reliable kit build since my knowledge of GCode, controllers, and steppers was pretty rudimentary.

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Spark Concepts
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3211
MPG Jog Controller for CNC xPRO

Been playing around with an MPG Jogwheel
Large format plasma ox

I will update this as I go, cad files upon request. My x beam is basically a belt driven r7

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Bikes and Beer
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3028
The Forever Project

Workbee 1010 Lead Screw with water cooled spindle and enclosure
Lead CNC build, Mansfield, Texas - BUILD COMPLETED WITH REVIEW OF THE KIT

The machine is a stock Lead CNC, with the Black Box controller and StepperOnline 269oz NEMA 23 motors. I'll be using the DeWalt 611 from Openbuilds, as well.

Build Author
Scott Martinez
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6428
The Growler

This machine is a heavy duty, moving gantry style CNC router. It uses Teknic ClearPath servo motors driving ballscrews and linear rails. The machine has 36" x 48" x 19" of travel with about 7" of clearance below the gantry.
LimpyCNC

Inpired by the OpenBuilds OX and PrintrBot Crawlbot. This is the LimpyCNC. It's still a work-in-progress. But it provides a 120x120cm work space without using up 150x150cm of garage space.

Build Author
CharlieShimota
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12752
Vox Solid State

I never thought owning a CNC machine was possible until I stumbled upon the Openbuilds site. After viewing numerous builds I was drawn to the Ox by Mark Carew but ultimately decided on a build of similar design, Halloumi by Savvas. It's a C-beam design driven by Nema 23 steppers with Acme lead screws. Like Savvas I will be fabricating temporary plates to get up and running then use the machine to mill the final plates. The material I'm using for the temp plates is solid surface (Avonite).
C-Beam Machine Build

This is my first CNC router build. I want to gain basic CNC building experience so I can go on to build other items such as a frosting or pancake printer.
Starting my build 2.8mx1.4m

Starting my cnc router, laser and plasma using aluminium 80x80
OoozNest WorkBee

A Journey on the WorkBee Build...
CNC Router Overhaul

This will be a complete overhaul of this router with some cool modifications.

Build Author
Christian James
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5751
Workbee "style" 1010 cnc

This build is based on the Workbee 1010 CNC. It is not a kit build and is much the same as the original but with some significant changes made here and there as the build progresses.
Ballmasters 1605 1500x1000 ox cnc

Upgraded 1500x1000 Ox cnc to 1605 Ballscrews on the Y axis. along with the J-tech laser to do most things.

Build Author
Joe Young
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3302
Goliath - CNC + 3D printer Hybrid

Mostly for Mill work, and FDM 3D printing (mostly Nylonx). I'm currently in the process of adding some hardware for a project requiring lathe work. I've included a solidworks 2014 pack and go for those of you interested in the build. if you need another file type, just let me know and i can try to accommodate. This is a scratch build (electronics and hardware)... see photos. Everything is pretty close to industrial quality... Electronics too. I got sick of other COTS designs breaking down

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TurfnSurf
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4002
DIY C-Beam CNC

Theoretical Working Area: 360x360x75mm Actual Working Area: 300x300x75mm Will Update Later

Build Author
Doug Rowley
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2764
My Workbee 1010

This is a workbee 1010 build using the mechanical parts from Open Builds. The electrical and electronic parts were from a prior build of a Root 3 CNC by Sailor Pete.

Build Author
Jacob Lotter
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2782
CNC ESS Controls System

My Controls box to run my Workbee 1510 That was retrofitted with Lead Screws as well as Lineal Bearings. The stock electrical configuration was not enough, so here are the Measures that I took to not only make this machine Run again, but to have fun with it, and make this system be able to run any CNC I run in the future with the installed microcontroller.

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joetemus
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4155
Shapeoko 2 Z-Axis Upgrade

This is a major redesign to the Z-axis of an otherwise stock Shapeoko 2.

Build Author
Rob Taylor
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12047
Portable Diode Laser Cutter

Integrating custom machined components and off-the-shelf CNC components to create a portable diode laser etcher with air assist and reasonably substantial z-axis travel.

Build Author
Lumberjack Engineering
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16048
SOLAC: Space Optimized LAser Cutter

The Space Optimized LAser Cutter is a 40 watt CO2 laser cutter that supports a maximum part volume of 24" x 16" x 6.25". It consists of a V-slot frame + brackets/mounts designed to be 3D printed on a consumer desktop printer. Total cost of the machine is ~ $1,400 USD.

Build Author
[email protected]
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3411
Sphinx 7575

Sphinx CNC modified to 750mm x 750mm c-beams. Parts not readily available in South Africa, so i have to make some modifications...

Build Author
Savvas
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14344
CNC Control Box with VFD etc etc

I'm currently working on the CNC control box, before doing any future work on the CNC Mountain Machine. I want the controller to be future proof and as professional as I can manage. I am planning to use stepper drivers, PSU's, a motor contactor unit to turn everything on, as well as a VFD and proximity limits switches. Each video will document the process and steps involved in researching, designing, planning and assembling a controller. I am not a natural electrician so learning as I go.
