CNC Recommendation

tktran

After buying a fantastic new router, I realised my elbow grease isn't what it used to be. I guess the old tennis elbow started flaring up, so I switched to my non-dominant hard. Now I have tennis elbows in both!

So I'm looking for a CNC to build loudspeaker cabinets. I'd use pre-veneered 3/4 to 1" MDF of 4x8' size, and cut 45 degree mitres.

Has anyone purchased or upgraded their CNC in the past few years?

dcibel

https://www.shapertools.com/

kenrhodes

I built my own from scratch. If your interested I would be happy to help. It's not as hard as you think.

silverD

What work area size are you hoping for? A full 4'x8' CNC vs the table top models that are ~3' x 3'? The work area will determine if you can fully cut a large baffle from stock vs cutting the baffle down to size by hand and then having the CNC do the driver rebates.

Ed_Perkins

And what's your budget range?

6thplanet

He did say 4x8. What size did you build, Ken?

DaveFred

Personally, I would like a 2'x4' unit...

kenrhodes

4*4. Ball screw and linear rail construction, stepper motors driven off a Centroid Acorn.

Steve_Lee

Does anyone make a vertical (wall mounted) CNC router?
(This is the only way I could possibly fit one into my space).
Learning the control code is the other issue.

kenrhodes

Maslow CNC is cheap and wall mounted. Cool concept but not sure how accurate they are.

R-Carpenter

I've had AVID CNC for many years and recently added rotary axis as well as 9hp spindle.

Steve, wall mounted CNC will probably create a lot of vibration as the machine moves rapidly and changes directions. I have never seen budget wall mounted setup.

hifiside

@Steve_Lee said:
Does anyone make a vertical (wall mounted) CNC router?
(This is the only way I could possibly fit one into my space).
Learning the control code is the other issue.

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dcibel

@Steve_Lee said:
Does anyone make a vertical (wall mounted) CNC router?
(This is the only way I could possibly fit one into my space).
Learning the control code is the other issue.

See my post above.

6thplanet

@hifiside said:

@Steve_Lee said:
Does anyone make a vertical (wall mounted) CNC router?
(This is the only way I could possibly fit one into my space).
Learning the control code is the other issue.

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I'll stick with my HHC controlled router.