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Welcome to this forum for folk with an interest in building CNC gantry routers that typically take about 3 - 5 HP routers for tables of 4 to 12 ft (1200 to 3700mm)
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Personal Pages
A place where individuals can start and "own" a thread about their personal experiences and endeavors
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| Structure & Mechanics
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10. Base Table
The big non-moving part. Also how indexers are mounted.
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05-02-07 07:00 pm |
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20. Gantry
Rides on the main beams of the table, moves in x-direction
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30. Y-Car
Rides on gantry, moves in y-direction, carries the z-axis.
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03-03-07 07:55 pm |
eloid |
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40. Z-Slide
Plunges tool in z-direction
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50. Toolheads
The mounting of routers, spindles, engravers, drill, pencils, etc.
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Common Assemblies & Parts
Mechanical parts and assemblies common to more than one of the above components
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Motors
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Motor Mountings
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Rails & Rollers
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Charlie T |
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Driving Mechanisms: Rack/pinion, gears, screws & chains
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| Electrical & Electronic
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60. Cable Management & Wiring
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70. Control Systems
Drives, power supplies, switches, PC interfaces, etc.
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Drivers
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Håvard |
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Power Supplies
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| Computing, Software & Programming
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.80. Computer Hardware & Software
Generate control signals fed to the Control Box
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05-11-07 10:38 pm |
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Graphics & CAD
These types of software typically give an output in .dxf format
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Stephen Hull |
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CAM
These types of software typically accept .dxf and give an output in g-code format
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CNC - motion control software
These types of software typically accept g-code and give electrical output signals
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Utility software
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| .90. Miscellaneous hardware and software
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Human Interface Devices (HID's)
The positioning and housing of keyboards, monitors, pushbuttons, etc.
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Miscellaneous / General / Whatever / Catchall . . . .
Anything not directly connected to constructing a MechMate CNC table system
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Golden Resources
Generally useful stuff, suppliers and service providers
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Test area
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