Hey y'all,
I'm posting a bit in other sections of the forum but I figured i'd do an intro.
I started CAD and 3D printing a year and a half ago, now i've been into CNC machining since the start of the year. I purchased a table kit of RoverCNC and assembled it with a Masso, Clearpath motors and a cheap chinese spindle. I've had a couple of issues but nothing too overwhelming. My business makes parts for other businesses, mainly foundries.
Incoming upgrades are an automatic tool changer, different enclosure, flood coolant and vacuum chucks. I mainly use the table to machine Renshape and 3D printed parts. Here's a picture of the machine and a part i made lately. There is a bit of faceting but I think i need to tweak the smoothing settings. Overall the parts are nice and i've been pushing the thing to 15m/min cutting speeds (~600ipm) with 3/8 tools on 1D DOC 0.4D WOD in Renshape so i'm pretty happy with the results.
Next machine i'll be building is a 3+1 axis vertical mill with a custom trunnion in order to machines mold like these 4 at a time lights out. I'm leaving the possibility to upgrade to a 5th axis later on.
I'm posting a bit in other sections of the forum but I figured i'd do an intro.
I started CAD and 3D printing a year and a half ago, now i've been into CNC machining since the start of the year. I purchased a table kit of RoverCNC and assembled it with a Masso, Clearpath motors and a cheap chinese spindle. I've had a couple of issues but nothing too overwhelming. My business makes parts for other businesses, mainly foundries.
Incoming upgrades are an automatic tool changer, different enclosure, flood coolant and vacuum chucks. I mainly use the table to machine Renshape and 3D printed parts. Here's a picture of the machine and a part i made lately. There is a bit of faceting but I think i need to tweak the smoothing settings. Overall the parts are nice and i've been pushing the thing to 15m/min cutting speeds (~600ipm) with 3/8 tools on 1D DOC 0.4D WOD in Renshape so i'm pretty happy with the results.
Next machine i'll be building is a 3+1 axis vertical mill with a custom trunnion in order to machines mold like these 4 at a time lights out. I'm leaving the possibility to upgrade to a 5th axis later on.
