Hi folks! Just dropping a line to join the growing user base.
Firstly, many thanks to Ryan for sharing this most excellent design. Once I got past the 100+ hours of printing and waiting for the slow boat from China for the other parts, the build went fairly smoothly. I am not entirely sure I have it as square as it can be, and I still see some of the bearings not making contact with the EMT conduit, but IT WORKS!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ka0rmmaN3A
I have a sneaky feeling that this is the gateway drug for many more CNC projects to come… I see a Weecade in my not too distant future.
My (first) MPCNC 525 was built with the following:-
- 3/4" x 2’ x 2’ birch plywood from Home Depot
- 3/4" EMT from Home Depot
- 5x Long’s Motor 17HS4401N NEMA17 steppers from eBay
- PLA printed parts
- vitamins from MrMetric
- RAMPS/GT2 belts/pulley from AliExpress
I’m still deciding what milling tool to go with. I have a Dremel 395 and a Bosch Colt hand router, but have not been successful finding parts that work with the 5/25 design on Thingiverse. I might just bite the bullet and mash one up in OpenSCAD.
