4x8 CNC Machine

Creator:
EnabrinTain
Status:
Kit Has Arrived: Movement achieved, next up; Mounting a router
Born On:
15:47, 22 March 2012 (CDT)
Last Updated:
15:58, 31 May 2012 (CDT)

Overview

This is the project page of a CNC capable of milling 4' x 8' plywood sheets. Update: I have ordered a 52" x 104" (area) Plasma cutting table from eagleplasma. Updates to follow below:

Status

10or11 May 12: Ordered CNC Kit from eagleplasma.com
16 May 12: Kit arrived in 3 boxes (145#, 145#, 95#) - I like to call them Huey, Duey, and Louie
17 May 12: Uncrated the contents. (see below for pictures)
18 May 12: ASSEMBLY

Design Notes

Able to fully access an entire 4' x 8' plywood sheet
Able to be moved
Belt driven (screw drives are buggy, albeit more accurate)

Links to Cuttable Pattern Resources

Links to CNC Machine Resources

A small company building hobby plasma cncs
Contraptor
flexible manufacturing system
Build Your CNC (a distant relative of the 2x4 CNC Machine) *closed source
Mechmate *closed source
neo7 cnc
80/20 Ebay store

Assembly Pics

Crate Contents

The crates arrived! the vertical one weighed 95lbs, and the two horizontal ones were 140lbs!	The Gantry box without its cardboard. see the dalek in the background?	The contents of the gantry crate.	The cnc table crate, marked 'bottom'
The cnc table crate contents, marked 'bottom'	The cnc table crate, marked 'top'	The cnc table crate contents, marked 'top'