[sdiy] CNC for synth DIY?

[cheater cheater]

the results he showed in the video seemed to indicate the frame was
pretty rigid, obviously that's a fully new frame.

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM Roman via Synth-diy
<synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
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> I have never seen a DIY kit or Aliexpress model or anything cheaper than, say, $10k milling machine that could work with steel reliably. So either this is a game changer or a hoax.
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> Most of all the frame looks so gentle, and if it's made by screwing pieces together and not big one piece ironcast, it rises my doubts.
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> But anyway I would buy it if I didn't have any CNC.
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> Roman
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> btw i'm mostly asking because i saw this
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> https://youtube.com/v/PFV_fK8nm5c
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> and it looks:
> - affordable enough to buy
> - small enough to have
> - quality high enough to do some serious work and not just be some
> sorta joke you get bored with 10 days later
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> On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 11:17PM Oren Leavitt via Synth-diy
> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> >
> > 3D printer for plastic knobs, gears, and other odds and ends. Many
> > modeling software programs have features for making gears and screw threads.
> >
> > On 2/19/25 3:52 PM, Oren Leavitt via Synth-diy wrote:
> > > I use one of those Chinese "6040" CNC router/mills to make aluminum
> > > panels. It works very well. Get the ones that the larger water cooled
> > > spindle motors. The cheaper air cooled motors vibrate too much.
> > >
> > > - Oren
> > >
> > > On 2/19/25 3:25 PM, cheater cheater via Synth-diy wrote:
> > >> I was wondering what people would use a CNC mill for if they had one,
> > >> for synth diy stuff. It seems like almost all the hardware is already
> > >> easily available or made.
> > >>
> > >> I know front panels are one suggestion (eg one manufacturer makes
> > >> front panels out of brass) but I'm sure there are other, maybe even
> > >> more creative, uses of a CNC mill, so I'm curious.
> > >>
> > >> Injection molds for light pipes? Gear systems for concentric
> > >> potentiometers? Surprise me.
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