Everything you need to know to design your own CNC router

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This is the encyclopedic blog post I wish I could have read when I started designing my CNC router

I’ll cover all the components and some of the design considerations you’ll need to keep in mind when desiging your own CNC router.

Table of Contents

• Overall Layout
• Frame Construction
  • Wood
  • Metal tube with 3D Printed Joints
  • Extruded Aluminum aka 8020
  • Steel Beams
  • Cast Iron
  • Epoxy Granite
• Linear Guides
  • Box Ways or Dovetail Ways
  • Supported Shafts
  • Ground Rails
  • Unsupported Shafts
• Linear Actuation
  • Belt Drives
  • Rack and Pinion
  • Lead Screws/Acme Screws
  • Ball Screws
  • Threaded Rod
• Motors
  • Stepper Motors
  • Servo Motors
• GCode Interpreter and Step Generator
  • GRBL
  • TinyG
  • G2Core
  • Smoothieware
• GCode sender
  • Universal GCode Sender
  • CNCJS
  • bCNC
  • Carbide Motion
  • Smoothieboard
  • Others
• Spindle
  • Palm Router
  • Air Cooled Spindle
  • Water Cooled Spindle
  • DC Spindle
• Work Holding
  • Fixing Directly to the Spoilboard
  • T Track and Clamps
  • Machinist Vise
• Dust Collection
  • Vacuum Boot
  • Enclosure
• Axis Arrangement
  • Sliding Gantry
  • Fixed Gantry
  • Column Mill
  • Knee Mill
• Cutting Tools
  • Flat Nose
  • Ball Nose
  • Spoilboard Surfacer
  • Engraving
  • Others
• Usability Improvements
  • Z Axis probe
  • Automatic Tool Changing
• Conclusion
• Contact me

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