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Overview
Taking a bootstrap approach, how might I build a CNC subtractive/additive personal fabrication machine out of materials and repurposed tools available at your average neighbourhood Home Depot?
With the crudest of machines and simple automation, more accurate machines can be made.
- Minimum working volume dimensions
- l=4', w=2', h=2'
- l=2m, w=1m, h=1m
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Ingredients
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Tools to Repurpose
- Digital Read Out (DRO)
- Black & Decker® Sonic Measurer With Calculator
- Sonic Distance Measure Model # BDSM100
- +/-1 inch at 40 feet
- Adapt to measure x, y and z-axis travel
- Sonic Distance Measure Model # BDSM100
- Black & Decker® Sonic Measurer With Calculator
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Structural
- wood
- 1x4 or thinner to layer/laminate and reinforce
- panels
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Mechanical
- cable or rope
- bulk
- clothes-line
- pullies
- caster wheels