Tag Archives: CNC
It’s Alive!
Today was time for a trial run of the Z-Axis. After correctly wiring up the stepper motor and correctly setting the steps per mm it ran really well. I looking forward testing the other axis soon.
Power Supply
The power supply and coupling have arrived. I will be able to test the laser now.
More Parts…
Received the last of the parts ordered from OpenLab today. They supplied the v-wheels, smooth idlers, eccentric spacers, pulleys, stepper motors, limit switches, and timing belt.
Desktop CNC
I have started a project to build a 3-axis desktop CNC machine. It started with grbl on an Arduino UNO to drive a couple of CD-ROM drive stages. The goal was to create a business card sized laser cutter. Then I discovered … Continue reading