To read more about aquireing the parts and putting the whole thing together there is a whole series of posts starting here.
My setup currently looks like this.
The machine is an eShapeoko, I bought the mechanical kit, which consisted of all the metal parts and hardware.
I purchased stepper motors separately, used a Dremel tool I already had and the electronics are a combination of some small drivers I purchased and a custom built board to interface them with the PC.
I have an old PC running a modified version of Ubuntu with LinuxCNC on it. This is a very powerful open-source controller. I haven't used it to it's full potential but I hope to add more feature to my machine at some point.
Once my machine was up and running my first job was to cut a nice enclosure to hide all the messy electronics.
Another thing I'd been wanting to try asap was milling custom PCBs.
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| Nexus 4 Case, Milled from Mahogany |
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| Cork Board Map of the U.K & Ireland |
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| Carved Dice for Risk Board Game |
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| Carved & Engraved Risk Map Pieces |
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| Some Herb & Vegetable Tags |
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| Experimenting with Coasters |
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| Carving a Lino Print |
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