{"id":70,"date":"2016-12-09T18:57:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T18:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thoughtfulconcepts.com\/blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2017-03-03T14:12:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T14:12:48","slug":"70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diycncdesign.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/09\/70\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals for the CNC Router Build"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was not happy with the performance of any of the CNC router plans currently available, nor with the prices of kits and commercial machines. So I decided to come up with my own design. Not to mention, it is more fun to design and build your own, right?<\/p>\n

I laid out a set of performance and cost goals and then designed a machine to meet those goals. However, this series of posts is not about that exact machine. I am first building a\u00a0proof-of-concept machine that is lower cost and easy to build (therefore the wood frame). This will allow me to learn and flush out any issues with the design before building a more expensive and time consuming version of it. I did however attempt to design the wood frame to be as strong as possible so that it will have enough performance to make parts for the originally designed machine.<\/p>\n

My rough goals for this wood framed version of the machine:<\/p>\n

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  1. Working area of 37″ x 25″ x 6″ (940 mm x 635 mm x 150 mm).<\/li>\n
  2. Accuracy and precision in the ballpark of 0.001″ over 12″.<\/li>\n
  3. Performance – will leave this for later discussion.<\/li>\n
  4. Learn and test the concepts needed to\u00a0build my originally designed machine.<\/li>\n
  5. Have a machine to start making parts for the next machine.<\/li>\n
  6. Have fun!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I will give some design details in my next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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