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Making a CNC Milling Machine – Increasing the travel
Making a CNC Milling Machine – Increasing the travel Part 3 I have been working on making a CNC milling machine from a Grizzly G0704 manual milling machine. Welcome back to my blog. I have looked at several modifications to the Grizzly G0704 and one that seem really useful is increasing the travel on the Y and Z axis. Increasing the travel will require some pretty serious modifications to the existing castings and will definitely void your warranty. Increasing the travel of the Y axis will require that I
Make A CNC Milling Machine
Make A CNC Milling Machine I recently decided that I wanted a CNC Milling Machine to add to my workshop. A CNC Milling machine will allow me to do my prototype work in my workshop instead of using a service. Now CNC Milling Machines are not cheap. they can cost tens of thousands of dollars. I am not made of money so I guess a $50,000 CNC Milling Machine is out of the question. But what if I #Make a CNC Milling Machine instead? Could I keep the cost down to a level that won’t break the bank? Can I […]