Do it yourself - CNC milling machine

Hello,
This is the project diary of my milling machine.
Because I'm a poor student, the project takes a while till it is completed. :-( Sponsors are welcome *g*

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Friday, 07. July 2006 - First wiring and front panel

Here are some pictures of my arrangement of the electronic.
The aluminium rods are collective ground pins where the electric screens can be connected.

The LEDs are connected via simple Network cables.

A few hours later, a few more cables are wired inside the case.
This are the connectors for step and direction signals and encoder signals.
I used network cables again because they are screened.
For the 12V supply I made a small board to share the voltage via small connectors.

The cables are not yet arranged properly and many things are still missing.
And here is my front panel :-)

The elements are still missing because of moneyproblems :(

Friday, 17. July 2006 - UHU-controller already finished

Hi :)

I continued building the electronic. It's already finished.

A bit chaotic at the moment..
First tests were not really successfully :( I don't know the reason yet.
Robert

Thursday, 31. August 2006 - A new pair of linear rails

Hello :)

Today the last pair of linear rails arrived.
Thanks to rik from Belgium for this nice transaction.

Greets,
Robert

Monday, 04. Septembre 2006 - Marriage of X, Y and Z :)

Today I did something on my YZ-portal.
Because I took rails with wagons which can only get screwed from above, I had to build something. Here it is.
base material:

Seems to fit.

Front

Now I mounted it on my X-rails, heaved the portal up and screwd everything together..

Oh yes... This makes me feel good :-) The heavy portal can now simply be moved with one finger.

Some milling-parts arrived:

The ball bearings doesn't really match... Next time I will invest more money in somebody more professional...
I drilled some parts as strutting to increase stability.