Luke, Here are some links, mostly of CNC Router machines- many capable of non-ferrous metal work. You say you want to do wood which I think moves you away from CNC Milling machines because of limited working area in the horizontal plane.
http://campbelldesigns.net/index.php http://solsylva.com/ http://www.mechmate.com/ http://www.multicam.com/eng/index.html http://www.rolanddga.com/asd/default.asp http://www.shopbottools.com/ http://www.techno-isel.com/CNC_Routers/index.htm http://www.cncrouter.com/index.htm http://www.fireballcnc.com/ I'm sure others will respond. Good luck. Glenn -----Original Message----- From: emc-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:emc-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Luke Scharf Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:50 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] CNC Newbie Questions. I'm a guy who spends a fair bit of time building stuff in my garage. I started reading about the CarveWright machine, and it sounds like it could be useful. But I'm a longtime Linux user, and I'd prefer an open-source and modifiable solution. Also, I'd like to be able to work with materials that are harder than just wood -- like steel. Also, I'm concerned that the sandpaper belts that the CarveWright uses to move the material forward and backward may not produce as consistent of a result as, say, clamping the material to the plate. Also, I see that EMC2 is used with a lot of homebrew style mills. That's wonderful and I'd love to get into that -- but, at the moment, I have a lot of projects in mind -- from wood carving to the occasional adapter-plate. So, I'd like to spend more time building stuff than tinkering with a CNC machine. I'm quite capable of building a kit, soldering, and all of that -- but if I do that, I'd rather build a well-supported popular design. Or just buy a reasonably priced commercial unit. My questions are: * What kind of a desktop mill (for a hobbyist-sized workload) would you all recommend for me? * Any recommendations for CAD software? * Are there any FAQs that I should review to get myself up to speed on the small-scale CNC technologies? Thanks! -Luke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
