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Actually Building the Machine!
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<blockquote data-quote="Nena" data-source="post: 303606" data-attributes="member: 7861"><p>Just buyed 2 new spindels 20mm x 1000mm speed 16mm per turn. I shall post my partslist soon including a photo. Another problem with g-code is that it is object orientated. To change a stone from 20mm to 1.1mm is just matter of a blink of a eye! Software is the key for faceting! </p><p></p><p>Some parts are so expensive... for example, one type bearings of $300 each and i use 8 pieces... so are there manny more things that a hobbyist cant buy. But i think the biggest thing is you need to go full for it! Get the guts to build one! No one will stop me building one! The coolest thing i will build is the automatic dopping system, this is a part i need to let it make in rvs (stainless steel), and the elektronics i need to build for it :- )</p><p></p><p>I have never seen a hobbyist building a cnc faceting machine, but i know a few people who have made one. But all those people are verry limited in actions what they can do with it. I could also use lasers for scanning the size what i can cut the stone to :- ) im not limited by software!</p><p></p><p>Ill keep on building, this week wil i make the first parts for the x y and z axis, including the motors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nena, post: 303606, member: 7861"] Just buyed 2 new spindels 20mm x 1000mm speed 16mm per turn. I shall post my partslist soon including a photo. Another problem with g-code is that it is object orientated. To change a stone from 20mm to 1.1mm is just matter of a blink of a eye! Software is the key for faceting! Some parts are so expensive... for example, one type bearings of $300 each and i use 8 pieces... so are there manny more things that a hobbyist cant buy. But i think the biggest thing is you need to go full for it! Get the guts to build one! No one will stop me building one! The coolest thing i will build is the automatic dopping system, this is a part i need to let it make in rvs (stainless steel), and the elektronics i need to build for it :- ) I have never seen a hobbyist building a cnc faceting machine, but i know a few people who have made one. But all those people are verry limited in actions what they can do with it. I could also use lasers for scanning the size what i can cut the stone to :- ) im not limited by software! Ill keep on building, this week wil i make the first parts for the x y and z axis, including the motors. [/QUOTE]
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