20-04-2016, 20:38
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Captain | Driver | CAD | Junior
AKA: Rohit Gondi
 FRC #3991 (KnightVision) Team Role: Driver
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Rookie Year: 2015
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 473
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Re: Cheapish CNC machine
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Originally Posted by mman1506
I built this machine for about 500$ USD (I haven't built the enclosure yet so it's a bit of mess). It cuts aluminium better than X-Carve or Shapeoko IMO, I can fairly easily do 1/16 DOC at 15 IPM with a 1/8 Carbide single flute end mill. I cut this sprocket on it in about 15 minutes. It's definitely not something I'd recommend to someone new to CNC machining but a practical machine for aluminium can be made for well under the price of an X-Carve.
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I would love it, if you are capable of sharing the plans for this. The 500 dollar price range is insane
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