I started this project today. Originally shared by John Car New updated design.

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I started this project today.

Originally shared by John Car

New updated design. Going to give this a shot
http://www.thingiverse.com/Ace01/collections/things-to-make

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Wow- really cool - I can’t believe it can cnc aluminum- all for $400- nice use of Electrical Metallic Tubing.

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I started it this weekend as well… only I’m making a plasma cutter.

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I have one and like it. Only used it for printing so far but will use it for cutting eventually

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It doesn’t mill aluminum particularly well. You have to cut very slow because it’s not rigid enough to handle high cutting forces, but that in turn work-hardens the aluminum, wears out end mills, leaves bad surface finish, etc. It’s basically a couple steps up from using a cordless drill and hacksaw.

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@Ryan_Carlyle ​ it’s had a rework on the Z so it’s actually a lot stiffer. I have a friend who mills small stainless steel parts with it. Yes it’s slow, but it will do it.

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Yeah it would be good to see more of the aluminum CNCing work. I have a Chinese 6040 CNC and it really cannot machine aluminum well. Maybe the dual steppers gives it enough strength to machine aluminum.