Building a casting mold for the bridge of the CNC machine with laminated boards; Threaded inserts for the linear guides, ballscrews, stepper mounting and the holes for the connection to the first part, the base. A granite board underneath provides the flatness. Inside edges are sealed with silicon and the inner faces are coated with separating wax.
Volume ca: 75 liter
All ready for the mineral cast with epoxy and rock and gravel…


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Building a casting mold for the bridge of the CNC machine with laminated boards; Threaded inserts for the linear guides, ballscrews, stepper mounting and the holes for the connection to the first part, the base. A granite board underneath provides the flatness. Inside edges are sealed with silicon and the inner faces are coated with separating wax. Volume ca: 75



A little walk around movie about my epoxy granite cnc mill build i have been working on the last half year.

Here are two forums with some build logs of this machine:
https://www.cnczone.com/forums/vertical-mill-lathe-project-log/337318-cnc-forum-posts.html
https://cnczone.nl/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14444

model downloadable on grabcad: https://grabcad.com/library/epoxy-granite-vertical-cnc-mill-1

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A little walk around movie about my epoxy granite cnc mill build i have been working on the last half year. Here are two forums with some build logs of this machine: https://www.cnczone.com/forums/vertical-mill-lathe-project-log/337318-cnc-forum-posts.html https://cnczone.nl/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14444 model downloadable on grabcad: https://grabcad.com/library/epoxy-granite-vertical-cnc-mill-1 source



DIY CNC Milling machine build.

My objective for this project was to design and build a CNC milling machine without the need for any machining of the parts. Ordinarily, building a mill requires a much bigger mill to get the axis surfaces flat and parallel.

By using aluminium tool plate (which is in theory pre-machined flat) and bolting the critical components rather than welding, it should be possible to avoid any machine work. After all, I’m building a mill because I don’t have one!

Linear rails and ball screws are the cheap Chinese 20mm style that you can find on eBay etc.

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DIY CNC Milling machine build. My objective for this project was to design and build a CNC milling machine without the need for any machining of the parts. Ordinarily, building a mill requires a much bigger mill to get the axis surfaces flat and parallel. By using aluminium tool plate (which is in theory pre-machined flat) and bolting the critical