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BASIC OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING
GotalotofoldCDorDVDdiskdriveslayingaround?Tryingtofindsomethingusefultodowith
thembesidescollectingdust?Thisprojectwillshowyouhowtotransformthoseolddrivesintoa
3axisCNCmachinethatyoucanusetodoallsortsofthingslikedrawingpictures,routingsmall
circuitboardswithadrill,makingalasercutter,orevenmakingasmall3Dprinterjusttoname
afew!WatchthevideosandfollowthestepsbelowtomakeyourownCDRomCNCmachine!
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STEP 1
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
Thefirststep,asalways,istogatherthepartsyouneedtodothisproject.Surprisingly,theres
verylittlehardware.Mostofitcanbescavengedfromoldcomputers,andifyoucandothat,you
shouldnthavetoinvestanymorethan$10$15.Hereswhatyouneed:
3xDesktopCDorDVDdrives
1xDesktopComputerPowerSupply
3xStepperMotorDrivers
(http://www.tinkernut.com/wp
content/uploads/2015/10/01_parts.jpg)
1xArduino
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ExtraWire
Motherboardmounts
Variousscrews/nuts/bolts
SolderingIron
Drill
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STEP 2
DISASSEMBLING THE DRIVES
TakingapartDesktopopticaldrivesisreallyveryeasy.Thefirstthingtodo,thatisoften
overlooked,istoremovethefrontpanelonthedrivetray.Todothis,forceejectthedrivetrayby
stickingapaperclipintotheejecthole.Oncethetrayispulledout,thefrontpanelshouldsnap
offbypullingthebottomofitforwardandthenpushingitup.Whenthatsdone,youcanthen
unscrewthebottomplateofthedriveandremovethemetaldrivecasingaswellastheplastic
frontpanel.
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Nowyoushouldbeabletoseeallofthebeautifulgutsofthedrive:motors,lasers,LEDs,gears
allsortsofcooltechstuff.Youcantakeapartandsalvageanythingthatyouthinkyoumighthave
ausefor,butforthisproject,wearespecificallyinterestedinthemetalmotortraywiththe
steppermotor(theonewiththespiralrod)andthelaserhousing.
Thereasonwewantthisspecificpartoftheopticaldriveisbecauseitoffersamotor,track,and
housingthatcanmechanicallyprovideasmoothbackandforthmovement,whichisidealfora
CNCaxis.Soyouwillneedtodisconnectanywiresleadingtothemotortrayandseparateit
fromtherestoftheopticaldriveparts.YoucanremovethebrushlessDCmotorfromthetrayif
itisattached.Whilenotusedinthisproject,brushlessmotorsmakegreatmotorsfor
quadcoptors.Youllalsowanttoremovethelaserandanyotherglassparts,magnets,orstray
piecesfromthelasersledtomakesurethatitdoesnthaveanythingthatcanhindermovement
ormountingofotherscrews.
Youalsowanttoextendthesteppermotorwires.Onmoststeppermotorshavearibboncable
thatconnectstothemainboard.Itsfinetoleavethis,butjustcutofftheextendedpartofthe
ribboncable(seeimagetotheleftatthebottom).Solderfournewwirestothepinterminals.
Theyshouldbeatleast6long.IcolorcodedminesothatIcouldkeepallthroughmotorwires
organized.
Repeatthisprocessforallthreeopticaldrivessothatyouhavethreebaremotortraysandare
readyforthenextstep.
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STEP 3
MOUNTING THE MOTOR TRAYS
Weneedsometypeofcasingtomountthemotortraysonto.Iusedtheopticaldrivecases
themselves.LetsstartwiththeYAxis.TheYAxiswillgobackandforth,sotakeoneofthe
motortraysandmountitparalleltothelengthofthecasingclosetooneend.Makesureits
alignedasstraightaspossibleandusesomemotherboardmountingscrewstomountit.
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FortheXaxismountitperpendiculartothelengthofanotheropticaldrivecase,againmaking
itclosetooneendandaligningitasstraightaspossible.Thenmountitusingmotherboard
mountingscrewsaswell.AsfortheZdrive,wewillneedtomountittothelaserhousingsledof
theXdrive.Inordertodothis,weneedtofindsomewaytoextendandcreateaplatformto
mountitto.Iusedmoremotherboardmountsandanelectricalplatecover.ThenIfastenedthe
finalmotortraytotheelectricalplatecoverontheXAxis.Ialsomountedanotherelectricalplate
covertothelaserhousingsledontheYaxistoprovideitaflatplatformaswell.
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STEP 4
FINISHING THE HARDWARE
Onceyouhaveallofthedrivesmounted,thefinalstepistoattachtheX&ZaxistotheYaxis.
YouwanttomounttheXaxisperpendiculartotheYaxis(lookslikeanLshape)andadjust
themsothattheZaxisisalignedovertheYaxis.Scrubthrougheachaxistomakesurenoneof
themareovershootingorrunningintoeachother.Afteryouhavethealignmentset,screw
everythingtogether.IendedupusinganLBracket,butyoumaybefinejustscrewingonecase
directlyintotheothercase.
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STEP 5
CONNECTING THE ELECTRONICS
downloadfritzingdiagram(http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/383_cnc/diagram.fzz)
(requiresthefreeFritzing(http://fritzing.org/home/)programtoopen)
Togeteverythingwiredupsothatitworks,weneed5components:
1xArduino
3xEasyStepperMotorDriver
1xPCPowerSupply
Youllalsoneedvariouswiresandmaybesomesolderingequipmenttoconnecteverything
together.Toseehoweverythingconnects,itsbesttodownloadtheFritzingschematicabove.It
willshowyoutheportsandpinsthateverythingrunsto.Alongwiththat,Illtrytoexplain
everythinghereaswell.Ok,herewego.
TheArduinoUno(https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno)isthedevicethatwill
becontrollingeverything.Itisessentiallythebrainsofthedevice.Butbyitself,ithasissues
controllingthesteppermotorsdirectly.ToresolveallArduino/Steppermotorissues,wellneeda
StepperMotorDriverforeachmotor(inthiscase,wellneed3).Usethereferenceimages
belowtowireupthesteppermotordriverstothemotors,theArduino,andthepowersupply
(whichwillcoverlaterinthisstep).
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YAxis
XAxis
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Afteryouhavethemotorsconnectedtothesteppermotordrivers,andthesteppermotordrivers
connectedtotheArduino,allweneednowispower.Sincethisprojectfocusesonscavenging
mostofthepartsfromoldcomputers,IwillbeusingandoldcomputerPowerSupplyUnit
(PSU).PSUshaveamessofdifferentcoloredwirescomingoutofitandyoucanusethecolor
charttothelefttodeterminewhatthevoltageisforeachwire.
OnallATXpowersupplies,thereisagreenwirethatsenseswhenthePSUispluggedintoa
motherboard,andifthisgreenwireisnotpluggedinorconnectedtoanything,thePSUwillnot
turnon.Sotobypassthis,wecanuseasmallpieceofwireasajumpertoconnectthegreenwire
toablackgroundwire(usephotobelowasreference).Thentopowerthesteppermotordrivers,
youwillalsoneedtorunawirefroma5v(red)wireandonefromaGND(black)wire.These
wiresaretheonesthatshouldbesplitoutandconnectedtoall3ofthesteppermotordriver
boards.Again,youcanusethephotobelowasreference.
content/uploads/2015/10/psu_wirese1445871207504.jpg)
PSUWiringDiagram
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(http://www.tinkernut.com/wpcontent/uploads/2015/10/IMG_7355.jpg)
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TheonlyotherthingweneedtodointhisstepistoaddsomesortofprintheadtotheZaxisto
makethemachinedowhatwewantittodo.Itcouldbeamotoranddrillbittocreateamilling
machineora3dprintheadandextrudertomakea3Dprinter,butImjustgoingtousea
simplemarkertoturnthisintoaCNCdrawingmachine
STEP 5
THE SOFTWARE
Atthispoint,allthehardwareshouldbecompleted.Theonlythingthatslefttodonowisto
installthesoftwarethatwillmakeitrun.TheCNCmachinerunsoffofaprogramminglanguage
calledGCode(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gcode).ItessentiallytellstheX,Y,andZaxis
whichspecificcoordinatesitneedstogoto.Byitself,Arduinohasadifficulttimeinterpreting
GCode,sowewillneedtoinstallaGCodeinterpreterprogramcalledGrbl
(https://github.com/grbl/grbl).HerearethestepsyouneedtotaketoinstallGrblonyour
Arudion(Uno).
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DownloadtheGrblHexfile(https://github.com/grbl/grbl)foryourspecificversionof
Arduino(Iusedversion0.8cformyAtmega328ArduinoUno)
DownloadtheXLoader(http://russemotto.com/xloader/)software.
ConnectyourArduinotoyourPC.
UsingtheXloadersoftware,selecttheGrblHexfileyoudownloaded,selectyourArduino
fromthedropdownmenu,andselecttheCOMportthattheArduinoisconnectedto.
ClickUploadtouploadtheGrblsoftwaretoyourArduino.
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downloadgrblcontroller
(https://www.tinkernut.com/demos/383_cnc/grblcontroller.zip)
NowthattheArduinoispreppedandreadytogo,weneedtoinstallsomesoftwarethatletsus
controltheCNCmachine.AgreateasytouseprogramiscalledGrblController
(https://www.tinkernut.com/demos/383_cnc/grblcontroller.zip).Afterdownloadingand
installingit,youcanopenitup,selectyourArduinoportandclickOpentoconnect.Nowyou
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canusethearrowsonthelowerrighttojogthroughthemotors.Makesurethatthedropdown
boxinthelowerrightcornerissetto1insteadof10.Ifanyoftheplatformsarerunning
backwards,youcangotoTools>Optionsandtheninverttheaxisforthebackwardsmotor.
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STEP 6
CREATING IMAGES
Afteryouhavesuccessfullygotteneverythingupandrunning,thelastthingtodoisimporta
picture.TheGrblControllersoftwarerequiresGCodeconvertedimages.Ifallyouwanttodois
testitoutwithanimage,youcandownloadmyTinkernutlogohere:
downloadlogotestimage(http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/383_cnc/logo.zip)
Ifyouwouldliketocreateyourownimage,youwillneedtoconvertyourimagetoSVGfirst
(https://convertio.co/jpgsvg/).Thenyoucangotothewebsitemakercam.com
(http://www.makercam.com/)anduploadit.Alternatively,theMakerCamwebsitealsoallows
youtoinsertbasicshapesbygoingtoInsertandthenselectingyourdesiredshape.But
whetheryouuploadanimageorgenerateonefromthemenu,thesestepswillhelpyouconvert
ittoGCode.
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UsingtheArrowtool(fromtoplefttoolbar),selectyourentireimage.
Moveittothebottomleftcornerofthegrid.
YoucanpanaroundthegridbyselectingtheHandtoolfromthetoolbar.Useittodragthe
imagebacktothecenterofthescreen.
Fromtheupperrightcornerofthepage,changethemeasurementstocm.
UsingthescaleoptionfromEdit>ScaledSelected,scaletheobjectdownandmoveitso
thatitfitswithinthesinglesquarethatisinthecornerofthegrid(usethepicturetothe
leftasreference).
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Withtheimagestillselected,gotoCam>FollowPathOperations.Changethetarget
depthto1,thesafetyheightto1andthestepdownto0.1andthenclickOK.
ThengotoCam>CalculateSelectedtocalculatethepath.
Lastly,gotoCam>ExportGcodetosavetheGCodeofyourimage.
AllyouhavetodofromhereisuploadthatimagetotheGrblControllersoftwareandhitbegin
tostartprinting!ItmaytakesometweakingtogettheAxisadjustedperfectly,butonceyouhave
itadjusted,youshouldeasilybeabletoprintanyimage!
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