Next up: Epoxy Granite. This is the result of the pour. I've already mounted the rails after hand-scraping to make them flat and parallel. #CNC #machining

When I prepared the base I assembled the steel to hold my rails. On the back side I drilled and tapped M12 blind holes and inserted threaded rod with M12 nuts. This will provide reinforcement for the epoxy-granite. The melamine bot asks as a mold. USE A RELEASE AGENT. I learned the hard way.

I had about a thousand holes to drill tap. The easiest way to do this is making a jig for my manual mill. It's a simple jig with some pins that are accurately placed so that I just slide the parts in, drill and move on. The MDF is “accurate enough”. #machining #CNC

I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1

This is my journey on building the industrial grade CNC mill.
I've been working on this for quite some time now and so this will also serve as a build log. Feel free to comment and tell me your experiences with machining. #machining #CNC

Here is a rendering from FreeCAD. My budget is $15K AUD.