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Mini CNC, complete plans and instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Author:berbefarac
I am a mechanical engineer, passionate d by CNC machines.
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1. Testing on paper until I will get some cylindrical end mils
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1. Designed in Catia V5
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1. Motor controller
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1. If something dose not work use this hamer.
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X base parts
2 pieces of 400x120x30mm
cost: 52.32$
Y frame parts
2 pieces of 400x120x30mm
cost: 52.32$
1 piece of 380x60x30mm
cost: 13.16$
Y carriage
1 piece of 120x120x30mm
cost: 7.85$
Z carriage
1 piece of 120x120x30mm
cost: 7.85$
Z frame parts
2pieces of 120x60x30mm
cost: 8.3$
cost: 72$
Total cost213.8$
The product code for ITEM 120x30 aluminum profiles is 0.0.419.04 and for the ITEM 60x30 aluminum profiles is 0.0.419.04
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1. X frames
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1. Z parts
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1. YZ gantry
2. Z shafts and lead screws
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1. Y axis components
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1. Z components and tools required for assembly
20mm precision steel shafts for X axis (cut from 1 piece of 60 inch=1524mm shaft)
16mm precision steel shafts for Y axis (cut from 2 pieces of 30 inch=762mm shaft)
6 pieces
2)
Ball bearings/bushings
cost:25$
3)
Trapezoidal lead screws cut from a 1500mm long trapezoidal lead screw:
cost:20$
Cost:67.2$
4)
Cost:30$
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Total cost323.95$
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1. Linear ball bearings
2. Trapezoidal nuts
cost:158.2$
A unipolar stepper motor has two windings per phase, one for each direction of magnetic field. The motor has only five leads.
Bipolar motors have a single winding per phase. The current in a winding needs to be reversed in order to reverse a magnetic pole. There are two leads per phase, none
are common.
The difference is: Unipolar and Bipolar Half Coil, because we're using less turns, doesn't give us great low speed torque, but because of the low inductance, holds the
torque out to high speeds.
Bipolar Series uses the full coil so it gives very good low speed torque. But because of the high inductance, the torque drops off rapidly.
Bipolar Parallel also uses the full coil so it gives good low speed performance. And its low inductance allows the torque to be held out to high speeds. But remember, we
must increase current by 40% to get those advantages.
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1. 3Nm double shaft stepper motors
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1. Power input
2. Relay spindle interface - used to start and stop the spindle with the cnc softvare
3. Parallel port - to connect your CNC to the PC
4. Motor connections
5. Homing limit switches
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1. 600W toroidal transformer
2. 50Amps rectifying bridge
3. 20000F capacitor
4. 20A Fuse
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1. Driver board
2. 20000F capacitor
3. Rectifying bridge mounted on a heat sink.
4. Connector pins to mount on the ends of the wires.
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1. This is the wire connection supported by my motor controller.
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1. The two common wires from the driver board are connect to the common wires
from the motor.
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1. E-stop input.
2. Y motor output
3. Z limit switches
4. 4th motor output
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1. Power supply input (20-40VDC)
2. X motor outpot
3. X limit switches
4. Z motor output
5. Z limit switches
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1. Controller outputs
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1. X motor wires
In this test i tried to connect the motor with a serial cable but it was to thin for the current that was passing it so it was heating very fast. But the connections were good so
I just replaced the cables back with thicker ones, as you seen d in the previous steps.
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1. Here you can see that I wanted to use a serial cable to connect the motors but
the wires of the cable were to thin and they were heating up.
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1. Drill a hole so the linear bearings will fit in tight. Also the holes must be in the
same plane and collinear.
2. Pocket hole for the trapezoidal nut
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1. Lead screw end machined for 6000 ZZ bearing.
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1. Shaft support holes deep of 5mm and a hole for the screw that fixes the shaft to
the aluminum profile.
2. Bearing support hole and a hole hole the motor shaft.
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1. Drill hole so you ca fix the shafts to the frame.
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Step 15: Machining mechanical components - Trapezoidal lead screws and nuts
The next step will be to machine the ends of the trapezoidal lead screws so you can mount the bearings. This will also need a lathe to make the ends more accurately
so that the bearings wont be moving in all directions.
The trapezoidal nuts were made from scratch, out of POM or Polyoxymethylene that is "an engineering thermoplastic used in precision parts that require high stiffness,
low friction and excellent dimensional stability "
There are two types of 16mm trapezoidal nuts, first one has 32 mm outer diameter and 32mm in length (one piece) and the second one has 24mm outer diameter and 24
in length.
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Now will mount the ball bushings in all 4x26mm holes of the aluminum profile them will mount the trapezoidal nut in to the 24mm hole. Next mount the trapezoidal lead
screw in to the trapezoidal nut and then mount the 2 pieces of 6000zz ball bearings in to the 26mm hole of the 120x60x30 aluminum profile. Insert the 2 shafts into the
ball bushings and then mount the 2 pieces of aluminum profiles at each end of the shafts and trapezoidal screw.
The last operation is to mount the screws in to the shafts hole to fix the whole assembly.
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For start mount the ball bushings in the 2x32 holes of the 380x60x30 aluminum profile and then the trapezoidal nut in the 32 hole from the middle of the aluminum
profile.
Mount the 2 pieces of 6000zz ball bearings in the 2x26 holes of each 400x120x30 aluminum profiles and 2 pieces of 20mm ball bushings in to each ball bushing
supports.
Now insert the shafts in the mounted ball bushings and the trapezoidal screw in the trapezoidal nut and then mount the 2 pieces of 400x120x30 aluminum profiles at each
end of shafts and trapezoidal screw.
Fix the shafts on to the 400x120x30 aluminum profiles with the 4 pieces of M5x40mm screws.
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The first thing you`ll have to do is to mount all the 16mm ball bushings and the 16mm by 24mm trapezoidal nut in the 120x120x30 aluminum profile like in step 6 and
then insert the shafts in the mounted ball bushings and the trapezoidal lead screw in the trapezoidal nut.
Mount the 2 pieces of the 6000zz ball bearings in the 26 hole of each 400x120x30 aluminum profiles.
Next mount the 400x120x30 aluminum profiles at each end of the shafts and fix them together with the 4 pieces of M5x40mm screws.
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2. Aluminum spacers
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1. Z lower limit switch
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1. Z upper limit switch
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1. Connected Z axis limit switch
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1. Thread for the support of Y axis limit switch
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1. Y1 limit switch
2. Y2 limit switch
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1. X limit switch
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1. X2 limit switch
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1. Limit switch connector
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