Wow, this could really help me, because I am someone who is very unskilled at woodworking! Precision is about 1/32" inch everywhere, and in the middle of the sheet it is more like 1/64" precision. Not expensive. Can process an entire 4x8 foot sheet of plywood! On the downside, it's very slow. But I am not in a hurry.
This would nicely tuck away to one side in my garage when not in use.
Has anyone bought or used this, or has any good first or second hand info on it?
CNC - Maker Made
This would nicely tuck away to one side in my garage when not in use.
Has anyone bought or used this, or has any good first or second hand info on it?
CNC - Maker Made
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From what I saw, 1/16 might be generous, so it's pretty much useless for joinery. Signs/etc might work well. I'm admittedly finicky but had a line on buying one inexepensively locally that I declined after doing my research.
Not wanting to be a bearer of bad news, but make sure its accurate enough for your needs
Not wanting to be a bearer of bad news, but make sure its accurate enough for your needs
When did you look into it and get that info on the precision? I think early on the precision was more like 1/16" but supposedly software improvements have lowered this a bit.
I would set it up in my garage. It gets freezing cold in the winter but I would still like to use it then. I'm wondering how this might impact the performance. If it was not so slow I would consider setting it up in my basement, but I do not want to listen to a router and dust collection all day long.
I looked in August -- there's not a lot of info around accuracy that isn't from 2017-2018, so I don't have a good pulse on what new firmware gives you. It definitely falls apart in the corners, where trigonometry is not on your side, and I wouldn't trust tolerances there. As I said, I'm pretty finicky and didn't think it gave me any meaningful benefit over my already-pretty-decent shop. Not saying it's a bad product, especially for its cost, but I did not get the impression it'd be good for tight jointery.
I would think that you could use only the middle for cuts that you would like to have higher precision. The outer areas could be left for other bits.
I don't make boxes, so the joinery and precision is not such a big deal for me.
For about $1100 there is a 2x2 foot sized traditional CNC from BobCNC, the Evolution 4. But the practicality of something that could be tucked away in the side of my garage, that is low cost, is very intriguing.
I can make basic straight cuts on my table saw or with a clamp on guide, and I have a router and jig to cut circular thru and rebated holes. It comes down to whether I need to make some complicated curved cuts or not.