,cnc machinist,cnc manufacturing,cnc mechanic,cnc mill,cnc milling center,cnc milling companies,cnc milling tools,cnc parts,cnc plasma cutter,cnc plasma cutting,cnc plasma table,cnc production,cnc router table,cnc screw machine,cnc service,cnc swiss,cnc turning,cnc turning center,cnc turning centers,cnc vertical lathe,horizontal cnc,how to cnc machine,machining cnc,manufacturing cnc machines,okuma cnc,plasma cnc machine,production cnc machining,troubleshooting cnc machines,used cnc machine tools,used cnc milling machines,vertical cnc lathe,what can a cnc machine make
Damian Axford is developing new open source DIY laser cutter. axCut is influenced by nopheads Mendel90, BuildLog 2.x and Lasersaur. It is still under development but it looks very promising. I'll follow the project since I'm getting more and more interested in laser cutters.axCut project requirements:
- 40W CO2 laser (with space to upgrade to at least 80W - i.e accommodate a 1000mm tube with water cooling)
- Bed size to accommodate A1 stock - design files use 850mm x 600mm with 30mm margin all round
- Fully enclosed
- Allow for pass-through (i.e. very long items)
- Allow for high/tall items and "autofocus" via motorised bed (150+mm travel)
- Have unobscured front access for loading/unloading parts
- Bench-top design (may integrate a bench at a later date)
- Side connections for extraction and cabling (i.e. power, usb)
- Investigate using reprap s/w stack vs Mach3 - I'd really like to leverage as much as possible from the reprap community (e.g. modified sprinter firmware)
- Budget target of £1500 (max £2000)
http://axrap.blogspot.com/
axCut GitHub repository with all the files:
https://github.com/Axford/axCut
You can learn more about Lasersaur cutter that inspired axCut here:
http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/09/lasersaur-open-source-laser-cutter.html
Pictures of axCut:
