- Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:00 pm
#333
Today has really been a 15 hour day working to get the CNC finished. Unfortunately we had forgotten that our shafts for the Y-axis would not be here until tomorrow (Tuesday). Hopefully the UPS man comes early... He normally comes between 11AM – 1PM and our Kickstarter project ends around 1PM. Certainly a race against time! We will have everything ready to go though, and will hopefully just pop the shafts in and fire it up for a test! (If we don’t get a video up before the end, expect it Tuesday / Wednesday).
I've been asked several times if MDF would be strong enough as a construction material for this CNC. ABSOLUTELY. This machine was engineered from the beginning to use MDF; all the parts were designed to withstand the forces put upon it and more. Just check out the photo below... I was able to stand on the CNC base and it only flexed a tiny bit. With the optional aluminum supports, it will not flex at all!
Thank you to everyone who has supported this project so far! It really means a lot.
I've been asked several times if MDF would be strong enough as a construction material for this CNC. ABSOLUTELY. This machine was engineered from the beginning to use MDF; all the parts were designed to withstand the forces put upon it and more. Just check out the photo below... I was able to stand on the CNC base and it only flexed a tiny bit. With the optional aluminum supports, it will not flex at all!
Thank you to everyone who has supported this project so far! It really means a lot.
- By Sam_CNC