Hey all, I just bought one of these for a project at work, we're not building anything with just using it as an engraver for now, any suggestions where to find cam drawings to build **** with this?



Home page more info http://www.microkinetics.com/cncdmill.htm

 

man that thing is expensive 8k but you could make anything really if u know about G and M codes and programming stuff like battery tie downs, turbo flanges, wire cover etc..

 

damn! nice toy

 

i want one! all diff kinds of flanges....

 

I need 2 brake brackets made

 

i'm not sure if i'd push that machine too hard. i'd hesitate to cut steel on it but aluminum should be ok. a good little starter project would be to make some t3 oil outlet flanges. they are pretty basic, although i'm not so sure you'd have the travel for a 1/2"NPT tap drill unless you cut it down shorter. have fun!

 

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yea that thing does look pretty small

 

Damn, for 8g's ya could have found a decent full size bridgeport style cnc controlled mill.

 

for 8k that thing will cut steel no problem i had a grizzly mini mill i paid 500 bucks for and it cut steel just fine

 

Material won't matter to this unit. The reason we bought is to do sequentially numbered parts (ww0001, ww0002...etc) and the full size bridgeports require alot to change the engraving program whereas this unit is super easy to change the program from one bit of text to the next. I will be buying tooling for it to work aluminum first and then i'll move on to steel when I build up my skillz.

 

make sure u get aluminum cutting endmills

 

Yea don't use cutters designed for steel on aluminum you'll wind up with a tool coated in aluminum

 

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not even that they just don't have enough clearing room for aluminum