On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:50:54 +0200, David McNab <
david@...>
wrote:
> Does anyone here work for a component supplier?
> All this talk of people building their homebrew CNC rigs!
> (I'm also working on my own CNC mill presently)
> All this gave me an idea - there'd be an opportunity for a component
> supplier (or related merchant) to launch a competition, with the aim of
> getting positive company exposure and goodwill:
> - design the cheapest reliable CNC rig
> rules:
> - design must work
> - all parts must be bought new, and available on the net from existing
> merchants, and anly merchants who are willing to ship to anywhere in
> the civilised world
> - must not require any unduly specialised tools to build
> - must be well documented
> - must be capable of being assembled and commissioned in less than
> approx 20 hours, by someone reasonably competent (subjective judging
> needed here)
> winner is the design that meets the above criteria for the lowest parts
> cost (not including shipping cost), in US$
> Any takers?
>
Has been tried before. Not sure what came of it. see archives.
ST