tommytones
Well-known member
By the suggestion of Jakob (pursuant to my questions), I'm starting this thread in hopes of being able to build my own cnc engraver. I'm sure this will be of interest to others as well. I'm tired of spending so much time and money having my panels engraved by others (as nice as the results are) so I want to build my own machine. This way I can do what I want, when I need it without long waiting periods for the UPS guy to ring my door.
Hopefully we can pool together and come up with a concrete set of data which will guide me (and you) throughout the process.
I guess we should start with the basics. Any starting points that can be suggested would be great (links, articles or practical experience). I'd love to build a lazer machine as Igor (IJR) has done but this might prove to be a little difficult as the requirements are somewhat hard to deal with. He has given me a good bit of information to get started which I'll post. A mechanical engraver would probably be the best way to go.
So, how to proceed is the question...... :?:
Hopefully we can pool together and come up with a concrete set of data which will guide me (and you) throughout the process.
I guess we should start with the basics. Any starting points that can be suggested would be great (links, articles or practical experience). I'd love to build a lazer machine as Igor (IJR) has done but this might prove to be a little difficult as the requirements are somewhat hard to deal with. He has given me a good bit of information to get started which I'll post. A mechanical engraver would probably be the best way to go.
So, how to proceed is the question...... :?: