Build it up to break it down again

I'm going to try to avoid being one of those blogs that only links to other blogs. That whole idea seems really recursive and redundant to me. This post did interest me however. Here Stuart McFarian is building a (probably) slower machine that looks a bit less heavy-duty. It also looks like it will [...]

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I think my shit eating grin and the fact that the bike is missing about 200 pounds of parts ought to say that this has a long way to go, but I'm excited about every step. This is my CL350 that I am rebuilding with a friend. We have cleaned and honed the cylinders, stripped and [...]

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...so i hooked up my camera and uploaded some photos... this is a closeup of the xylotex controller this is an earlier version of the frame from when I wanted a smaller machine. this is the bigger, newer version of the frame, 4 feet by 2.5 feet! I have the black pipe installed with the leveling setups, [...]

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here are a few links you might find interesting if you're doing what I'm doing. http://www.cnczone.com/ THE forum to check out what others are doing like this. http://www.geckodrive.com/ Pretty nice stepper controllers. Pricey, but very niceby all reports. http://www.smallparts.com/ Exactly what the name implies. all kinds of small part you would otherwise have to dig around in dumpsters [...]

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So here are the bits I've bought already Xylotex 3 axis system kit with 425Oz/in stepper motors enco 12' of 1/2" acme rod 8 matching nuts thebigbearingstore.com 6 1/2" 2 bolt pillow block bearings 8 1/2" shaft collars Home Depot Tons of bolts, nuts, washers, bits and doodads. 20' of galvanized steel u-channel (not really sure what to call this stuff) specialized u-channel bolts, nuts and spacers aluminum [...]

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I'm currently building a cnc router. This is a machine that will take a line file generated by a computer, and cut it out of / into wood. Depending on how precise and strong my build is, it might be able to cut almost anything up to (possibly including) soft aluminum. I was inspired by [...]

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