Hello World

I'm so sorry you had to stumble across this blog! This is (or will be?) a hobby CNC site. I plan on posting my rambles here for machine design. Hopefully some of it may be useful to others, and at the very least it should help reinforce my ailing memory.

I plan on starting a 3-axis fixed gantry CNC design with a full ATC, here in the near future with full access to FEA it should be an interesting ride.

So some starting points. This is not really an entry-level sort of blog, I'm not terribly interested in machining wood or building MDE routers (no disrespect to those who do, there are some really brilliant machines out there I just hate saw-dust, don't know why I think aluminum is any better though) primarily I want to design something that is, not necessarily cheap, lightweight, or even good looking. I just want it to cut aluminum (maybe some steel) and do it reasonably quickly. And, if I can get rid of some tool changes thats a plus too.

Further, this is about the machine, and quite frankly I don't care if I can buy a used VMC for $10,000, or a small/mid-sized Asian mill for $1,000-$2,000. This is about machining and building a machine. Yes, sometimes just building a half usable machine is reward enough. That said, I can't promise I'll actually ever build something but I really do enjoy Cad work.