I used to work for a small precision bearings manufacturing company and =
one
of the projects I worked on was a giant 3 axis machine with an Elu =
Moffet
(spelling) 1kw router on the top. It was that rigid (and powerful) it =
could
carry an adult on the Z Axis and still be pretty accurate.=20

Always wanted one after watching it draw pictures on a 5 foot square =
piece
of paper with a felt tip pen :-)

We had some scarey monents with it though. When a controller unit or
feedback unit failled it would decide to come bombing towards you at 3
meters per second. This may not seem much but it had enough momentum to
topple half a ton of machine towards you if it wasn=92t bolted down to =
the
floor.

One day I'll build a mini version. I just need more space, funds and =
time
lol.

Dom=09

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From: pic microcontroller discussion list =
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On
Behalf Of Alan B. Pearce
Sent: 25 August 2004 15:35
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [AD:] (will be) Small CNC mill, controller and software for
~$500

>That sounds suspiciously like the Milford Instruments
>3 axis machine shown here :
>
>http://www.milinst.com/robotics/robotics.htm#axis
>
>I've always fancied one but have decided to build one from scratch=20
>sometime in the next 25 years to save a few pennies ;)

The picture certainly looks the same. But at the price CPC have for it, =
I
doubt it is worth trying to do your own, unless you already have some =
pretty
heavy duty machining facilities available.

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