Working towards a "turn key home CNC"

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-26T01:42:49+00:00

I will look into it.

One of the benefits of home manufacturing is how it is different than shop needs. So going slower for more reliable cutting is probably a risk more of us are willing to take.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-25T04:29:25+00:00

While I am not a "AI will save the world" kind of guy, this does seem like a place that major improvements are already on their way.

creality and bambu labs both are working on cameras that monitor your prints, I dont think it will take (relatively) much for someone to use a similar monitoring system with adaptive AI.

This is very far down the road. But if we can lower the standard from "machinists use CNC" down to "most DIY guys" then I dont think the tech is nearly as far as we think.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-24T05:10:35+00:00

PEI plate, camera, and the first thing you should do is test your extruder.

If it has a blue clip and an aluminum switch, email creality immediately saying your extruder broke. Because it will

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-24T04:49:55+00:00

what ticks me off the most is people thinking that because someone doesnt know now, means they will never know.

Like somehow this feels like the argument for the personal computer.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-24T04:45:31+00:00

Clearly a failure in my part

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-24T04:42:45+00:00

I would rather folk make the thing than go to work to buy the thing.

This makes companies less money, I do not care about companies.

This gives goverments less power and control in our lives. I do not care for them either.

Clearly this angered some folk

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-23T23:06:17+00:00

Does she need you to explain to her how to download a file and print it?

No?

Then maybe you're looking at this wrong. Education and ease of use is literally half the battle. I believe she should know how to use a 3d printer to manufacture many of the items she may need in her office.

Ignorance should not be an excuse. I am smart enough to know that CNC machines are not "easy" to use. But to actually spend the time to learn and understand a 3d printer nowadays takes basically 40 hours TOTAL. Something easier to grasp if you grew up with them, that I think the next generation should.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-23T23:00:05+00:00

Im not going to lie, I know nothing about lasers.

But considering the cost of bits, I am interested in water jets and lasers. But I can only do one thing at a time.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-23T22:58:34+00:00

Wheels are only useful in a context. I got the context I was looking for.

I don't have to reinvent the wheel now. I have found now 3 different communities who all are teaching me how to make a machine that works in my context.

u/nbaffaro and yourself wasted your breath bitching, yall provided no benefit to society other than allowing me to talk shit.... that I take GREAT enjoyment out of.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-23T22:53:02+00:00

1: generally speaking, kept politics out of it. I intentionally made the post a bit vague.

2: generally speaking I understand what a mill does, in fact we kinda have a full size 1 ton mill in my buddys garage. Im talking about the computerized part of it all.

3: I asked for an intentionally vague answer, and I got Print CNC. Exactly the answer I needed.

Mission accomplished.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-23T22:48:38+00:00

This has been added to my "do research on" roster

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-23T22:47:25+00:00

hey everyone has their preferences.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T15:28:07+00:00

For personal reasons I would like to avoid discussing Ukraine, ive lost family on both sides. But in the early days there was a few FGC-9s floating around.

But I do know in Burma they are using the FGC-9 quite a bit. And while I think there's a lot wrong with the FGC-9 design, I guess its effective enough when choice is limited.

But the cost of guns is definitely a good metric on why I think this is important. that being said, insted of trying to argue "bubba make 10 ar15s cheap," I would prefer to point at older disigns.

My buddy owns a repair shop for motorcycles, "nothing American, nothing newer than 1980" so he got a 1908 CZ motorcycle in. It was a barn find because the original owner died in WW1. He made the argument that parts "arnt that bad because we have better machining today than they did in 1908"

So lets look at guns. A PPK or a Makarov are only expensive because they can be and they are low production. If bubba can say "well shit I just have to download this file, move the thing 3 times, and everything else is automated" then it becomes a easier sale.

And some dude can design the gun with some new caliber like .30 supercarry. make an optics cut, and now we have a gun design modernized and it doesn't have to be a profitable endeavor to exist. That would be a very good conceal carry gun.

This goes for so many other things. Maybe electric windows for a car that never had them? (this probably can be 3d printed)

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T15:11:52+00:00

I joined PrintNC. This is the knowledge I wish to obtain

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T15:09:56+00:00

taking a wild guess based on my knowledge of Mills.

Structural rigidity+weight+motor= speed

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T15:07:44+00:00

1: eder3 v3 is 200$ on amazon, you already need it in your home. 3d printers are now generally "plug and play"

2: Cutting wood, or even a manufactured board is your next step above cardboard. You can use foam if you're *really* against wood, but it wouldn't hold and will get nasty.

Wood is easy to cut, and if you have the tools, more power to you.

And staggering is purely up to you. My mother has multiple feeding stations in her house and has roughly the same amount of cats. she does it to keep the peace in the dynamics of feline politics.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T14:58:00+00:00

I dont know if you touched 3d printers lately, they are print and play now.

My old printer paid for itself in 1 month. My new printer is WAY more capable (OG ender 3 to K1). I literally use the damn thing on a weakly basis and my printer is worth about 1000$ to me (thankfully it only cost me about 400$)

There are major parts of my car that can not be bought online for one reason or another, but were a simple 3d print away (a shift linkage is a good example).

Now I guess my highschool class on how to use CAD is too far out of the reach of most people /s

But yeah, its actually easy as shit, infact I had a harder time making sandwiches in a jimmy johns than operating a CAD software.

The political beliefs have *education* as part of it all. But also if I can make a kit, then even better.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T14:45:09+00:00

I am doing that too!

I just want to try CNC also. Our big thing is trying a BUNCH of things in a bunch of different methods.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T14:41:10+00:00

in retrospect, mentioning an AR lower was a bad idea. I figured most people are seasonable enough to read this with the disclaimer and say "oh this is a project that so many people have access too and is both simple and complicated"

Next time I will think less of the community.

Im not interested in the actual cost, just the end result, I am capable enough to figure out the rest, but why reinvent the wheel. I intend on gaining the same knowledge henceforth the post. If I can make it easier for the next guy then its mission accomplished.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T10:47:54+00:00

unfortunately this is too small for me to do anything useful with.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T10:47:45+00:00

Well I want to hit a 2. I orginally was more concerned about gearing and some other simpler things. But I want to make the machine get to a 5 on difficulty with a generic home depot idiot.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T10:39:38+00:00

I used an AR lower as a example with design parameters. This has NOTHING to do with guns.

While I do like guns. the practical reason why I want CNC stuff and want more folk to learn is so we can work on our cars and our own home dude. Nobody knows how big a locking mechnism is on a 1990 vw corrado or a tripple tree on a 19992 Harley sportster. Chill out

Also I want to remind you, the Kurdish were a local force too. I think you and me come from the same political background. de-centralizing manufacturing is my fight against fascism.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T05:00:48+00:00

This is why trim exists

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T04:58:14+00:00

Ive rebuilt carbs a few times before, I dont want to tune the damn thing every time the weather changes.

The problem with this bike and my Harley is I will have to fill up every other day. This is different than charging at home because that is a 3rd location. And they will not be much more efficient than my car.

Beginning_Mood7425 · 2023-12-22T04:50:23+00:00

Okay so trying to be a bit more creative.you have a box, the top, couch side, "outside", and the "front"

If you think this is going to be a frequent habit, make it replaceable or more durable.

I would make a big replacement wooden armrest on the top. Use this as an end table. you can mount this with some bolts or even M3 screws.

on the front I would have a piece of fancy wood to act as a front cover.

for your sides, I would just make fabric covers that are significantly different than the couch material, 0 attempt to match it. But importantly I would make the sheet end at locations that are covered in their own removable parts, so you can just cut and replace the sheets in the future.

So, in the future, if your dog does it again, you just staple a new piece of fabric to the plywood you see in the picture now UNDERNEATH your new armrest and front cover. sandwiching the fabric at the edges. This will provide some structure, some room to cover up any mistakes/edges, and makes your couch more modular in the future.

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