Steve,
Dan's article from Nuts and Volts for building a CNC machine
with draw slides is not available in reprint. Dan does not even have
a copy. I guy nicknamed "Dickybird" built one and he is using it to
cut balsawood airplane parts. You can see the machine on the
following page. More pictures are also throughout the thread.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=62920&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
John
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <alienrelics@y...>
wrote:
>
> > > >A small X/Y table is crying out for steppers. 8" x 5" work
> > > >envelope. that is way bigger than my boards. And, it would
be
> > easy
> > > >to put under the simple drilling jigs already talked about.
> > > >
> > > >http://www.useenco.com/
> > > >
> > > >part number 201-2826
>
> I bought the larger one for about $70, I think, on sale a few years
> ago. Well, my wife bought it for me for Christmas one year. ;') I
told
> her what she was getting me, we do that sometimes for each other.
It's
> 7.5x12 travel, for the price it made sense.
>
> There was an article in Nuts N Volts magazine a few years ago on
> converting these mill/drill tables to CNC control. That's my plan,
who
> knows when I'll get time. Heck, I haven't even gotten a chance to
test
> out that Epson 800 with Future floor polish.
>
> Steve Greenfield