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Ourbestbetformaterial,thatwouldbemostcostefficient,butmostreliable,
wasBalticBirchPlywood.Meandmyteachersplit(2)sheetsofit.Onesheet
was3/4inch,andtheotherwas1/2inch,thiswasplentyenough.Weboth
payed$36each,soitwasaround$72forbothsheetsatLencoLumber.Ialso
usedcrossdowelsand1/4inchphilipsheadboltstobolttogethertheGantry,
andused3/8threadedrodsyoucangetatTheHomeDepot.Plusafew
miscellaneouspartsthatIcan'tthinkof.Everythingcametoabout$250,this
dependsonhowyoumakeyourmachine.Also,Iusedanglealuminumand
skatebearingsformyrailsandcarriages,IgotahundredbearingsonEbayfor
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togeteverything.

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TheXandZaxisissomethingyouwanttotakeyourtimeon,becausethisis
veryimportantonwhetheryourmachineworksordoesn't..Also,Imadethe
lowerrailonthegantryforadjustingyourXaxisbecauseitcanchangeover
time.Theexplodedviewshouldhelpyoualong.

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WhatwedecidedtogowithintermsofthecontrolboardwastheTinyGv8.Itis
veryflexiblewithwhatitcando,asinthetypeofsoftware,aandfirmware,butI
willgetintothatfurtherinthenextcouplesteps.FortheTinyG,weneededa24
 voltpowersupplytopowerthe3NEMA23steppermotorsforeachaxis.Igotall
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IattachedeachMotortoit'sAxis,aftermakingacouplemountsfortheXaxis.
AlltheMotorsgotoeachstepperdriverontheTinyGboard.Also,makesure
youcheckyourstepperwiregroups,becauseyoucandamagethemifyoudo
nothavethemonright.Itisveryhelpfultoorganizeyourwiring,becauseitcan
beapaininthebuttofigureoutwhatgoeswhere.Youcanmotormapeach
motortoeachAxisinthesoftware,onceyouconnectedeverything,sotheboard
knowswhichAxisiswhich.ThisCNCMachineisverysignificantbecausewe
managedtorunthemachineusingacreditcardsizecomputer,aka.the
RaspberryPi.YouwouldconnecttheRaspberryPijustlikehowyouwould
connectitwithanyothercomputer.Also,inthelastpictureimappedouthow
everythingisconnectedtogiveyouabetterunderstandingoftheelectronics.
Nextwewilltalkaboutthesoftware.

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TheSoftwarewechosethatwouldbemostsuitableforthemachine,was
Chilipeppr.WechosethisSoftwarebecauseitisveryflexiblewithwhatyoucan
dowiththemachine.Itgivesyouabunchofworkspaces,fordifferentboards
youareusingandothertypesofmachiningyoucando.Theworkspacewe
chosewasthetabletworkspace,becausetheRaspberrypiisbasicallyrunbya
phoneprocessor.SinceChilipepprisanapianditisanetworkbasedprogram,it
hastobeaccessedthoughonline.Youalsoneedtorunaserialportfor
ChilipepprsoitcancommunicatetotheTinyGviaUSB.Basicallyyoudownload
theserialportJSONserverfromtheChilipepprwebsiteandyourunitin
terminalbeforeyoustartupChilipeppronyourmachine,NOTE:Theserialport
JSONserverhastoberunningthewholetimewhileyourmachineisbeing
used.Also,NOTE:ThatyoucannotdownloadtheserialportJSONserver
throughconsole,itwillautomaticallyunzipyourfile,thereforeyourserialport
cannotberun,becauseyouneedtheapplication.Oncethathasallgone
throughyoucanconfigureyourTinyGboardviaCLIinChilipepprandyoucan
golookatalloftheconfiguringcommands,andifyouneedhelpyoucangoto
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Thisisstillaworkinprogress,whatweareworkingonnowistryingto3Dprint
withthemachineandaddothertoolstomachinewith.Thelastpictureinthis
slideisthesecondtestofthemachine,thefirsttestistheChilipepprlogoas
seeninthesoftwareslide.Themachineworksverywell,andtherewillbemore
tocome.Wewillkeepyouposted,asmoreprogresscontinues.Thanksfor
takingthetimetovalueourproject!
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gawada(/member/gawada/) 20161103 Reply

hello.iwanttocongratulateyouonyourveryinspiringandcreativework.Ijust
haveonequestion.ifiscaleupthegantryandtherailsandthebedtobeable
tocutfullboards,size8'by4'willIneedbiggersteppersorIcangetawayby
justincreasingthesizeinthesoftware?

JavadE1(/member/JavadE1/) 20161030 Reply

Thankyou,isthereanyalternativeforTinyGv8?
itcantbereachedinourarea.
anycontrollerthatworkslikethiswithpi.thanks

woodie1949(/member/woodie1949/) 20160629 Reply

Doyougetyourlaptopfix?

MalcolmC11(/member/MalcolmC11/) 20160608 Reply

NowthisisaveryinterestingprojectforthePI.Welldoneyoungfellow.

may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/) 20160605 Reply

ThankyouallwhohavesupportedmyprojectIappreciatethepositive
complements,alltheworkhaspayedoff,Ialsoencourageyoutobuildyour
ownCNC,Icansendyoutheautodeskpartfilesviaemailat
cmay3673@gmail.com.KeepinmindthatIamonlyahighschoolstudentsoit
maytakeabitoftimebeforeIgetbacktooyou,againthankyouall!!(:

dennish3d(/member/dennish3d/) 20160602 Reply

I'mveryinterestedinbuildingthisCNCmachinebutwhatarethedimensionsof
thepiecesshowntoputthistogether??Isthereanykindofpartslistavailable?

may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/) . dennish3d(/member/dennish3d/)
20160603 Reply
emailmeatcmay3673@gmail.comforpartfilesand
dimensions

may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/) 20160516 Reply

YeahIputawholepartslistandshowedanimations.

woodie1949(/member/woodie1949/) 20160516 Reply

Anyupdates?Moreinformationonthebuild?
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20160513 Reply
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Ihavestartedgatheringpiecesandparts.Yourpartslistshows"(55)cross
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nuts"."Tnuts"and"Phillips"Iget.Socanyoupleasetellmewhat"crossnuts"
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wesley.jackson.75(/member/wesley.jackson.75/) 20160510 Reply

awesomebuild!

buck2217(/member/buck2217/) 20160509 Reply

Votedinallcategories(can'tsaythatIunderstoodeverythingasI'mmorea
handtoolstypeofguy,butawesomeproject)

WeldonS1(/member/WeldonS1/) 20160508 Reply

Beinganexmachineoperatoritseemstomethatyoucoulduseaflybitthe
levelthebedontheCNCmachinethat'sbasicallywhatIdidwith12head
shodaiusedtorun

Edgar(/member/Edgar/) 20160508 Reply

Votedonallcategories,andI'dvoteformore.GreatfirstInstructable,thanks!

kbbaktha(/member/kbbaktha/) 20160502 Reply

verynice.Thanksforsharing.Lookforwardformoredetailsofbuild,particularly
dimensionalcutlistanddetailsofNUTSusedforlinearmotionontheregular
threadedrodsonallaxis.

logo.sprague(/member/logo.sprague/) 20160427 Reply

may_colin145doyouhaveafullpartslistfortheproject?

may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/) . logo.sprague(/member/logo.sprague/)
20160428 Reply
Notonmebuticanmakeone,itwilltakesometime,
doyouwantthelistforthecarttoo?

yishaisilver8(/member/yishaisilver8/) . may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/)
20160428 Reply
Itwouldbereallygreatifyoucouldmakeafulllistofall
costs.Showthecostofeachitemandthetotalcost.Ifyougointomore
detail,Ithinkthisinstructablecouldpossiblywinacontest.

may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/) . yishaisilver8(/member/yishaisilver8/)
20160428 Reply
Thankyoufortheadvice,iwillbeputtingupasecond
instructableoneverythingthatidid,includingtheparts,andasheet,buti
alsodonothavealotoftimeforthat,buthopefullyitwillgetdonesoon.

woodie1949(/member/woodie1949/) 20160427 Reply

MoredetailsonhowyoubuildedtheMachinewouldbenice
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Also,iusedregularthreadedrodyoucanfindatTheHomeDepot,andregular
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nuts.I3Dprintedmyownantibacklashnuts,iwillpostthemononeofthe
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Foranyofyouwhowanttoaskquestions,youcancontactmeonskype,my
usernameiscmay3673

quangh8(/member/quangh8/) 20160427 Reply

awsomeDIYCNCmachine...iwilldoit

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DBat(/member/DBat/) 20160426 Reply

Leadscrews....Ialsoaminterestedinknowingwhatyouusedforleadscrews?
Aretheyvthreadscrewthreadoracme?Alsocouldyouincorporatearapid
traversemodebetweencuts?

peanutthegreat(/member/peanutthegreat/) 20160426 Reply

Greatproject,Iwaswonderingifyouusedregularthreadedrodforyourlead
screwsandwhatyouusedforleadscrewnuts?

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Canyougivemeyourskypeidoranyothersourceof
contactiwanttoasksomequestionstoyou.

premenko21(/member/premenko21/) 20160424 Reply

Believemethisiscoolbutwhatdoesthishavetodowith3dprinting?Idont
thinkthisshouldbeinthe3dcontest

may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/) . premenko21(/member/premenko21/)
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ThisMachinewillsoonbeableto3Dprint,allineedis
a3Dprintingextruder,butlikeisaiditisstillaworkinprogress,andi
understandwhatyoumean.

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20160426
Lookforextruderpartsataliexpress.com..Youcanactuallyget
everythingthere...Nicejobman..

premenko21(/member/premenko21/) . may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/)
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Ohoknice.Greatinstructable!

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may_colin145(/member/may_colin145/) . DylanD581(/member/DylanD581/)
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24"by24"sorryforgotaboutthatiwillthrowthatin.

mpawloski(/member/mpawloski/) 20160426 Reply

Greatjob!

RobertZ7(/member/RobertZ7/) 20160426 Reply

Coolstuff!

elleadnih(/member/elleadnih/) 20160425 Reply

lovethis:Djustwondering,howwelldoyouthinkitcouldworkwithmetals?do
youthinkitstandsachanceorjustwood?

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justwantedtosaythanks,andthatyoucanprobablydothin
aluminum,butyouhavetogetyourfeedsandspeedsright.

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Welldone.Thanksforsharing!

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Thanks!!

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AwesomeDIYCNC

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