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By openschemes, on May 13th, 2012 61 views
 This article describes a quick and simple mod that can be made to the Solsylva 10×9 CNC Router to make the machine more durable against Axis crash. This article is in the category CNC ROUTER, and is the next in the series of Beginnings of a CNC Build and JRGO Style Trucks for the CNC Router.
Today, we’re going to investigate and repair a minor annoyance in the Y-Axis. At the extreme ends of travel, the roller bearings can make contact with the pipe straps used to hold the linear rails in place. CRASH! It’s not something you want to do, or usually intend to do, but axis crashes happen. When they do, you really just want to minimize the possibility of . . . → Read More: CNC Router Mod – Y Axis Crashbar
By openschemes, on May 13th, 2012
By openschemes, on April 25th, 2012 81 views
 This is the second article on a small CNC router build – go here for the first article to see where it all starts.
In this article, we will describe a small departure from the original plans in the use of a different strategy for the ball-bearing trucks that are used to roll the axes back and forth along their linear rails. These trucks, like many other homebrew CNC trucks, are made of skateboard bearings bolted to the outside of aluminum right angle stock, which is available in any local big-box hardware store and can be cut and drilled with simple tools. It’s a sturdy setup that gives a nice smooth motion.
Our beef with the original trucks is that they used undersized . . . → Read More: JRGO Style Trucks for the CNC Router
By openschemes, on April 25th, 2012
By openschemes, on April 19th, 2012 350 views
 CNC machines are cool, there’s no doubt about that. But what kind of results can the average Joe expect to get, when building to a low cost and low complexity target? We’re going to find out for you, in a build of the Solsylva 10×9 CNC router. Although this is Solsylva’s low-end machine, it seems like it will perform better than their workhorse 13×13 fixed gantry machine. This is because it uses 608 (skateboard/rollerblade) bearings on black iron pipe for all the linear rails instead of bushings, as well as the fact that a smaller machine made of simple pine boards will probably be stiffer and have less flex and play than a larger machine of the same construction. We shall . . . → Read More: Beginnings of a CNC Build
By openschemes, on April 19th, 2012
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