PCBen diy PCB milling machine
Current Status
Basic steel frame, motors mounted in place and caddie smoothly moving on rails. I'm now working on shafts and pulleys to provide a good grip between caddie and motors. Massive cleaning and lubrication needed. Electronics is still lacking.
Project Information
Status: Alpha
Project is still in alpha stage, hardware frame is solid and working fine. Most of the work is currently concentrated on pulleys and moving parts. Electronics and Z-Axis are not yet planned.
Work in progress.
Project is still in alpha stage, hardware frame is solid and working fine. Most of the work is currently concentrated on pulleys and moving parts. Electronics and Z-Axis are not yet planned.
Work in progress.
Build Process
Build log updates →
- Recovering hardware parts
- Removing unneeded hardware
- Mounting motors
- Mounting pulleys and Y-Axis
- Housing electronics in place
- GRBL firmware setup
- Hardware tests with manually controlled electronics
- Mounting pulleys and X-Axis
- Minor hardware tests, cleaning and lubrication
- Basic movable carriage on X-Axis (like a plotter)
- Fully automated tests with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, GRBL
- Raspberry Pi scripting and automation, grbl simplified user interface
- Creating a new Z-Axis
- Placing a cutter in the new Z-Axis
- Z-Axis calibration
- Start-End stop sensors on each axis
- Automating tests and calibration of X-Y-Z axis
- Easy loading of various tungsten carbide drill bits
- Easy PCB project tests and basic creation
- test, calibration, test, calibration, test, calibration, ..., ...
- Fun profit
Contact Information
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