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=Overview= | =Overview= | ||
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* Yonseoo - ykang404(at)gmail(dot)com | |||
* Mister Scr3wdriv3r - mister.scr3wdriv3r(at)gmail(dot)com | |||
=Mailinglist= | |||
to be added | |||
=Conference Meeting= | |||
to be defined | |||
=Snaplock= | =Snaplock= | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 21 March 2012
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Overview
Main Developer
- Yonseoo - ykang404(at)gmail(dot)com
- Mister Scr3wdriv3r - mister.scr3wdriv3r(at)gmail(dot)com
Mailinglist
to be added
Conference Meeting
to be defined
Snaplock
- Snaplock consists of a high density polyethylene (HDPE; plastic number 4) frame, various metal components, 3 stepper motors for XYZ spindle movement, 1 DC motor for rotational spindle movement, and 3 stepper motor drivers that connect via Arduino microcontroller to the computer allowing digital control of this cnc circuit mill.
- Snaplock's discrete metal components include screws, shim washers, and locknuts as fasteners; flanged sleeve bearings, bronze bushings, radial ball bearings, and thrust bearings for friction reduction; couplings for kinetic transmission; clamp collars as shaft position holders; shafts as linear/rotary movement supports; leadscrews and leadscrew nuts as rotary-to-linear motion converters.
Research
- CNC
- CNC Software
- CNC Circuit Mill Discussion
- Circuit Mill Problem Statement
- Ultimaker Pick and Place
Ideas
If it's going to be a dedicated circuit mill, as opposed to a generic tabletop CNC that happens to be used for circuit milling, then it should have more functions. With only a modest increase in complexity it could have a copper board "magazine" and a mechanical flipper that would automatically position an arbitrary number of two-sided copper boards to be milled on both sides. Perhaps the router bit can also be used to drill (route) some of the holes; at least the mounting holes. Both a router and drill can be mounted on the gantry. The router can be solenoid controlled (down to the right height or up and out of the way). The drill can be on the z-axis so it has full range of motion.
- The Red Blue CNC mill was Nick Santillan's graduate project. It is made up of three identical axes with holes every 3.5", allowing them to be reconfigured modularly. At his blog and Ponoko and Design Boom and core77
- Open Source CNC Mill - Design already exists!
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