2.x Laser Cut 4x8 CNC Router
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:09 pm
I am a nerdy engineer who has all kinds of ideas and gets as much fun out of designing stuff as actually building it (probably more). I want both a laser and a CNC router I really like the new 2.x laser that bart is making available via kit parts. I also really like the design of the blacktoe cnc router, but don't particularly care for the linear rail system and also think that there could be some improvements in weight and strength over what the designer came up with. So I thought, why not buy/build a 2.x laser and see what I can come up with to make the cnc router with the 2.x laser. I think I have come up with a good design consisting of parts that can be cut out with the 2.x laser. There are a lot of parts as the laser bed width is 20", but it is an accurate, presice robot and most of the parts are identical, so a proper setup could really make it quick and easy to cut out the parts. Further, the precision of the instrument makes it easy to make mating parts align and modern glues are often stronger than the materials that they glue, so maintaining accuracy and strength in "scabbed" together parts should be easy, but repetative. However, am willing and patient enough to do what needs to be done to put together a solid cnc router and I think it would be fun. I wanted to share the design and put it out for comment and suggestion. I will be posting my progress and am very open to suggestions and constructive criticism.