Comments on: Our CNC Can Kick Your CNC’s Butt!

By: Squintz

Squintz — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:30:47 +0000

We are driving them with one of these motor controllers.
http://www.hobbycnc.com/products/driver-board-kits/

For the actual power source I think it’s just a generic 24v power supply but I don’t recall the current rating. It looks similar to this one: http://www.1stincity.com/en/electronics/1993-24v-3a-dc-72w-universal-regulated-switching-power-supply-kaigua24v3a.html

By: funlw65

funlw65 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:22:00 +0000

What power source you are using for those steppers?
Thank you!

Vasi

By: John

John — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:12:00 +0000

Machine Name: ComNuCo

By: Alan Parekh

Alan Parekh — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:19:53 +0000

That is some crazy power! What size motor is on that Z axis?

By: Shane Campbell

Shane Campbell — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:54:25 +0000

Ok for a name, my suggestion is נפיל or translated from Hebrew to English Nephilim. It means “fallen one(s)”. They were said to have been the hybrid of the human race and Fallen Angels.

Also, I belong to a High School (FRC look it up, Usfirst.org) robotics Team called The Caiman Agents (team 3021). My dad owns a machine shop and i wanted to make the team a Cnc on a budget. But being spoiled from my dads huge Haas Machines, homemade ones simply lacked the power i wanted/ needed. Is there anyway i could get the specs or designs on this project?

By: Squintz

Squintz — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:02:29 +0000

The CNC is our own design but we did get some inspiration from http://buildyourcnc.com/default.aspx. Check our Tortoise SVN tutorial because most of the plans are in the example repository.

By: Tony Lindberg

Tony Lindberg — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:32:40 +0000

So all it needs is a name huh?
You wrote it yourself that it was quite a beast.
I would say that something that it quite a beast
quallifies to be called “The beast”

My own suggestion would be something that stands out
from the crowd of names that sounds like that (beast, brute, monster, etc)
How about “the divergent device”. Nerdy enough to sound cool and yet not cool enough to sound stupid.

No a more serious tone, it really looks like a fun machine to play with.
Up until the economic crisis I worked a a CNC operator/programmer at a prototype workshop.
Seeing footage like that makes me miss my old trade even more.
Keep up the good work boys and girls.
/Tony from sweden

By: Borja

Borja — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:36:27 +0000

Amazing CNC!!!!! Where do you get the plans? or is all yours? I want a CNC for long time and yours is the best I see in a long time. Do you have any plans to recreate it in my house?