CNC milling or 3D printing custom 2.x laser parts
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:53 pm
Hi, guys. I've been lurking here for a while and doing the usual n00b stuff of reading loads of fascinating info and flip-flopping backwards and forwards between going for a 2.x build or buying and improving a cheap Chinese machine from eBay. A quick question if you don't mind. I have done a fair bit of reading but my apologies if I've not searched enough.
I see a few people here a fair bit through their build getting stuck needing a couple of custom kit parts. The gantry ends spring to mind - I assume because most people don't have the resources to accurately bend the brackets. The resources I have at my disposal are a 3D printer and a small CNC mill. My question is whether anyone has managed to modify the build so that all brackets (and other parts that can't be easily purchased) can be milled or printed?
I know it's an open source project (and a brilliant one at that) so one answer would be "why don't you be the one to do it". Maybe I will, but I thought I'd see if anyone else had first.
I see a few people here a fair bit through their build getting stuck needing a couple of custom kit parts. The gantry ends spring to mind - I assume because most people don't have the resources to accurately bend the brackets. The resources I have at my disposal are a 3D printer and a small CNC mill. My question is whether anyone has managed to modify the build so that all brackets (and other parts that can't be easily purchased) can be milled or printed?
I know it's an open source project (and a brilliant one at that) so one answer would be "why don't you be the one to do it". Maybe I will, but I thought I'd see if anyone else had first.