About 6 months from idea to cutting first part.
All cad work designed in Mastercam
All manufacturing done with: Tree mill 2UVR, Jet lathe GHB-1340, Vulcan 215 mig welder.
3d printed porotypes made with Flashforge Finder
Major Purchased parts include:
Chicago Electric 64808 40amp plasma cutter (hock shop score)
Nema 23 – 270 oz. stepper motors (open loop)
ST-USB CNC BOB
TB6600 drivers
4 axis pulse generator
10mm wide GT2 belt
(64) 608-2rs 8x22x7mm skate board bearing
Controller – Mach 3
programmed with – demo Sheetworks
DIY estimated cost complete about $1200
This is the final video proceeding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiHwID6uoFA
This design is on Grabcad under Jim Oxley.
https://grabcad.com/library/home-made-cnc-plasma-1
Just added a floating Z axis which ill add a video on soon.
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