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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?
- Minimum working volume dimensions
- l=4', w=2', h=2'
- l=2m, w=1m, h=1m
Ingredients
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
Structural
- wood
- 1x4 or thinner to layer/laminate and reinforce
- panels
Mechanical
- cable or rope
- bulk
- clothes-line
- pullies
- caster wheels
