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Homemade PCB-Mill / Laseretcher

Homemade X/Y-Table to mill PCBs and etch materials like leather with a Laser

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The finished project should mill PCB's and laser etch materials like leather. The goal for the workingarea is 400 mm * 400 mm at least.

  • Big Update

    ebrithil • 07/13/2014 at 10:57 • 0 comments

    Mounted the linear rails for the Z-axis:

    Mounted the Z-axis ballscrews:

    The entire system:

    The next step is to mount a big plate on the ballscrews and the linear shafts.

  • Another Test Video

    ebrithil • 04/25/2014 at 07:51 • 0 comments

    This is the secont test-video, now with the small Z-Axis and a pen to plot.

  • Mounted the motors outside

    ebrithil • 03/31/2014 at 06:49 • 0 comments

    Now the Motors for the X-Axis are mounted outside, so the Working-Area gets bigger.

  • Added a small Z Axis and a Pen

    ebrithil • 03/26/2014 at 07:34 • 0 comments

    I've added a small Z-axis out of an old DVD-Drive and hoocked it uf to my CNC. At the z-axis i mounted a pen, so now my machine can plot pictures on a Paper or flat surfaces like my "Sprit" or alcohol bottle.

  • First test-video of the my CNC

    ebrithil • 03/19/2014 at 06:18 • 1 comment

    Here is the first test-video of my CNC, in this Video, i couln't controll the laser, but at the moment it works. This is a normal violet laser who writes on a glow in the dark surface.

    Here is the Video: http://youtu.be/Xan15t2EbFY

  • Added the Y-Axis and running some tests

    ebrithil • 03/17/2014 at 07:27 • 0 comments

    Now the Y-axis is added to my PCB-Mill and the belts arrived so i dont't have to use those shoelaces again. The entire system works pretty good. Test Video is comming soon!!!

  • Testet the X Axis

    ebrithil • 03/10/2014 at 18:47 • 0 comments

    First Test of the X-axis was succesfull. The axis don't have a belt at the moment, because they didn't arrived at time, but a sholace will works fine ; ). Next step is to Design the new holder for the y-axis linear shafts, with a included beltholder.

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yamination wrote 09/21/2016 at 18:58 • point

please add a tutorial on how to make it.

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George I Fomitchev wrote 08/12/2016 at 12:04 • point

hi everyone who is following this project.

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lslazarsavic wrote 12/31/2014 at 11:47 • point

lol 3d printed parts

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razorboy wrote 07/26/2014 at 23:16 • point
What kind of threaded rod/leadscrews are those? (From the picture where they are lashed together with cord). Where did you get them?

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Daniel Knueppe wrote 09/07/2014 at 03:34 • point
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_screw thats what you are looking for if you haven´t already found it yourself

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uset182 wrote 05/23/2014 at 07:29 • point
Are you going to make tutorials videos how to make one ?

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loldma wrote 05/05/2014 at 12:20 • point
Hi!
What type of motor did you use?
Where did you get the bars, plastic elements, etc?

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ebrithil wrote 05/05/2014 at 14:34 • point
For motor, i used a standard NEMA 17 Stepper motor, the BArs are standart item aluminium Profile, and the plasticparts are 3D-Printed, when the Project is close to the end, i will make it Opensource.

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tsiu wrote 04/29/2014 at 20:03 • point
Hey, what laser are you using or going to use? It looks like 445nm, but what optical power? And what about laser driver, are you going to use diy driver?

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ebrithil wrote 04/30/2014 at 05:18 • point
The 445nm laser was only a Test to see if my CNC drive the right way. Later im looking for a 1-2 W Infrared Laser and not with a diy driver.

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geoper2 wrote 04/21/2014 at 18:36 • point
I wanted to ask why do you need 2 motors for the x axis instead of 1?

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ebrithil wrote 04/25/2014 at 07:35 • point
If i would only use 1 Motor, then the linear shafts of the Y-Axis wouldt have exactly 90° to the X Axis shafts.

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Christian Lerche wrote 04/10/2014 at 18:37 • point
Are you going to make the 3D files for the plastic open source?
This is a very interesting concept, as I am actually in need on a simple XY table.

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ebrithil wrote 04/10/2014 at 19:27 • point
Yes i will make the whole Project Opensource, but only at the time when i finished it. I have a full 3D-Model of the my CNC in SolidWorks, iI'm gonna publish it, but later.

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Matthew Gingerich wrote 03/29/2014 at 10:57 • point
What kind of control electronics are you using? I built something similar, but I designed all my motor controllers from scratch, so they aren't really compatible with existing CNC software. I wondered if you had any advice on off-the-shelf controllers. Thanks!

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ebrithil wrote 03/29/2014 at 12:09 • point
Sure, for the Controling I'm just using the RAMPS Board from thr RepRap community and a Arduino. On it i run the Repetier Firmware. To upload Gcode i use Repetier Host, and to generate the Gcode i use CamBam. Hope i could help you.

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shlonkin wrote 03/13/2014 at 00:12 • point
Looks nice. Is the left motor for the Y-axis? If so, how are you moving the Y-axis? Are you using something like the coreXY mechanism (http://corexy.com/theory.html)?

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ebrithil wrote 03/13/2014 at 06:11 • point
The left and the right motor is to move the X axis. the Y axis isn't installed yet only their linear shafts. On these two i will mount another sledge, where the Dremel or Laser is gonna be mounted. I will post a Statusupdate, but not know because the belts dind't arrived at the moment.

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