> <snip> > > I've been looking at the website for solsylva home-built machines, and they > look simple and cheap enough that it's a way I could get started learning > the technology on a system that can do useful things, without blowing the > budget. It doesn't look like it could do metal, but it looks like I could > build it for a reasonable investment in time-and-money and see how it ends > up from there. > > It looks like I could make some really neat wooden/plastic parts with the > 13x13 fixed-gantry machine or maybe more with one of the bigger machines. > If I were to build the wrong machine, it looks like I could reuse most of > the parts that I would buy. If I really need to do metal, I can re-evaluate > my needs at that point. > Also, I currently have a Dremel, a trim-router, and a plunge-router, any > one of which that I'd be happy to sacrifice for a project like this. > > Does this seem like a good way to get started? > > <snip> >
I got hooked in this hobby by a chance visit to CNCzone.com THey have numerous forums from high end machinists to rank amatuers (such as myself). For the woodworking machines, you will find several open source designs for small (micromill) to large 4X4 router tables. There are also several designers that not only openly share thier designs (JGro for one) but also have options for buying precut kits. The Jgro series also provides a path to build a small machine to be used to build the accurate and larger machine. There is also plenty of discussion on the various software and hardware available including open source and proprietary. ITs easy to lose a week reading many of the posts there. HTH Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
