Build Your Own CNC Machine (Technology in Action)

✍ Scribed by James Floyd Kelly, Patrick Hood-Daniel

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 240
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Build Your Own CNC Machine is a groundbreaking book targeted at the growing number of hobbyists wanting to fabricate wood and metal parts of their own design in their home workshops. Lead author Patrick Hood-Daniel is creator of buildyourcnc.com and is well-known for his affordable, easy-to-build designs for home CNC machines. His videos on CNC machines are watched by tens of thousands of hobbyists. Each one of those viewers, and each of his website visitors represents a potential sale of this book. The interest in hobbyist-level CNC machines is real and growing. In addition to the author’s own site, a Google search on "cnc for the home" will turn up many other sites dedicated to this new market, including solsylva.com, homecnc.info, cnczone.com, hobbycnc.com, ktmarketing.com/CNC.html, and more. Articles about CNC for them home can be found on Make Magazine’s website (makezine.com), and at Engadget.com. CNC technology is becoming affordable for the average person, and the many creative people who like to design and build things are taking notice and jumping onto the CNC bandwagon.

✦ Table of Contents

Prelim......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
About the Authors......Page 12
About the Technical Reviewers......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 15
Industrial Uses......Page 17
Your DIY CNC Machine......Page 18
What’s Next?......Page 20
The Tools......Page 21
What’s Next?......Page 28
Cut Once......Page 29
Protect Yourself......Page 30
Protect Your Lungs......Page 31
Label Parts......Page 32
MDF Sheets and Sizes......Page 33
Limit Your Cuts......Page 34
Encouragement......Page 36
What’s Next?......Page 37
Bearing-Rail Assembly......Page 39
Riding the Rail......Page 48
What’s Next?......Page 49
Two Pieces of MDF......Page 51
Method 1: Cross Dowels......Page 54
Method 2: Bolt, Washer, and Nut......Page 59
Which Method Is Best?......Page 60
Building a Jig to Drill......Page 61
What’s Next?......Page 63
The Required Components......Page 65
Preparing the Stepper Motor Wires......Page 69
Preparing the Power Supply......Page 72
Preparing the Breakout Board......Page 75
Providing Power to the Stepper Motor Drivers......Page 78
Wiring Motor Drivers to the Breakout Board......Page 80
Connecting Power to Motor Drivers......Page 81
Connecting Stepper Motors to Motor Drivers......Page 83
Wiring the Cooling Fan......Page 85
Testing the Electronics......Page 86
What’s Next?......Page 87
The X-Axis MDF Parts......Page 89
The X-Axis Table......Page 90
Cutting Rails for Tabletop Sides......Page 94
What’s Next?......Page 95
Drilling the Table......Page 97
Drilling Holes for Legs......Page 101
Cutting the Table Ends......Page 102
What’s Next?......Page 106
Drilling the Table Ends (Legs)......Page 107
Drilling and Mounting the Rail......Page 111
Attaching the Table Legs......Page 112
Cutting the X-Axis Lead Screw......Page 113
What’s Next?......Page 114
The Y-Axis MDF Parts......Page 115
Parts Q and R: The Y-Axis Gantry Sides......Page 116
Building BRAs for Gantry Sides......Page 121
What’s Next?......Page 124
The Y-Axis MDF Parts......Page 125
Attaching BRAs and Gantry Sides......Page 126
Part P: The Y-Axis Gantry Bottom Support......Page 130
Summary of Work......Page 135
What’s Next?......Page 136
The Y-Axis MDF Parts......Page 137
The Rail Support......Page 138
Finishing the Y-Axis Frame......Page 144
Hardware Required......Page 148
What’s Next?......Page 149
The Y-Axis BRA Supports......Page 151
Cutting and Drilling Parts C and D......Page 152
Measuring for the Z-Axis......Page 160
Summary of Work......Page 162
What’s Next?......Page 163
The Z-Axis MDF Parts......Page 165
Part F: The Z-Axis Rail Support......Page 166
Parts W and X: The Z-Axis Bearing Supports......Page 170
Z-Axis Bearing-Rail Assemblies......Page 171
What’s Next?......Page 173
Drilling Part F: The Z-Axis Rail Support......Page 175
Drilling Parts W and X: The Z-Axis Bearing Supports......Page 177
Mounting the Z-Axis Bearing-Rail Assemblies......Page 180
What’s Next?......Page 182
Cutting the Z-Axis Rail Support Rails......Page 183
Cutting and Drilling Parts M and N......Page 185
Cutting and Drilling Part V......Page 189
Assembling the Z-Axis......Page 190
Attaching the Z-Axis to the Machine......Page 192
What’s Next?......Page 197
Cutting and Drilling the Motor Mounts......Page 199
Mounting Your Router......Page 207
Summary of Work......Page 210
What’s Next?......Page 211
The Mach3 Control Software......Page 213
Downloading and Installing Mach3......Page 214
Ports and Pins......Page 216
Input Signals......Page 217
Motor Tuning and Setup......Page 218
Testing Your Machine......Page 219
Testing the Router......Page 222
School Starts......Page 223
What’s Next?......Page 224
Getting Familiar with CAD......Page 225
Installing an Emergency Stop......Page 226
Adding Limit Switches......Page 229
Adding a Solid State Relay......Page 230
What’s Next?......Page 231
C......Page 233
J......Page 234
P......Page 235
W......Page 236
Z......Page 237

✦ Subjects

Машиностроение и материалообработка;Обработка на станках с ЧПУ;