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Ignoramus8984 Ignoramus8984 is offline
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Default This is admirable, and crazy, in its own way

On 2010-07-28, Jon Elson wrote:
Ignoramus8984 wrote:
http://www.5bears.com/cnc01.htm

This guy made a homebrew bench top CNC mill from parts he found on
ebay.

While I admire his skill, and dedication, I cannot help but wonder if
he directed his efforts in the best direction possible.

Yes, with 80/20 and linear ball slides, the rigidity will be far below
even a crummy
Chinese benchtop mill. Ain't no Bridgeport.


My feeling exactly.

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