[QUELAB CNC] Fwd: [Members] Quelab Interest in a MaslowCNC?

[Ray Finch]

I'm interested.  I signed up for the CNC list and never got a automated 
welcome message or any other messages.

Maybe our CNC list is broken??

-- Ray


On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, Adric wrote:

> So,  there was some discussion about this on the Members list, but ive seen
> nothing after it was suggested by some to possibly move it to cnc at quelab.net
> but i had not seen anything, (i just assumed i had left the list sometime,
>  but no.  i see im still on it. 
> so, has the interest waned? Did the interested parties not get signed onto
> this list? 
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael Enoch via Members <members at quelab.net>
> Date: Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 4:32 PM
> Subject: [Members] Quelab Interest in a MaslowCNC?
> To: Members at quelab.net
> Cc: Michael Enoch <michael.enoch at comcast.net>
> 
> 
> Hi All
>
> 
> 
> I am sorry if this isn?t the right mailing list to use?I?m still relatively new to
> Quelab.
>
> 
> 
> I am interested in building a CNC Router called a Maslow (see
> http://www.maslowcnc.com/)and wanted to know:
>
> 
> 
> a)      If anybody was interested in helping out?
> 
> b)      If there was interest and space for keeping it in the Quelab
> woodshop and making it available to the Quelab membership? (Especially since
> a large router is #2 on the Large Equipment Needs/Wants List).
>
> 
> 
> The Maslow is an open source 4?x 8?capable CNC router.  It is implemented
> upright, like a hanging plotter rather than lying flat (horizontal) like a
> Shopbot.  They claim it has accuracy to 1/64? (0.4 mm) or better.  It is not
> quite in the same class as a Shopbot, since it is slower and less accurate,
> but good enough for my needs to make some plywood furniture (i.e.,
>  www.opendesk.cc and http://atfab.co/ ) and can be built for under $500
> (including the $160 router Home Depot/Ridgid router) versus $8000+ for a
> more conventional CNC router.
>
> 
> 
> Here are the specs from the Maslow website:
>
> 
> 
> Work Space: 4' X 8' *
> 
> Encoder Resolution: 8148 steps/rev
> 
> Repeatability: +- 1/64th inch (.4 mm) or better
> 
> Max feed rate 48 inches/minute
> 
> AC Voltage: 110-250 volts
> 
> DC Voltage: 12 volts
> 
> Connection: USB
> 
> OS for Software: Mac, Windows, Linux
> 
> Size: H: 6' 8" W: 10' D: 1' 7"
>
> 
> 
> *The work space is defined by the length of the two #25 roller chains so it
> can be easily enlarged or made smaller by adding or removing links from the
> chains.
>
> 
> 
> It was a Kickstarter project, but they closed the sales on their Maslow kits
> and aren?t accepting new order until maybe September.  Since I don?t want that
> long, I am going to try to implement myself with the information available?and
> maybe make some upgrades in the process.  For example, the baseline design
> uses an Arduino for control and the limited computational capabilities of
> the Arduino seems to be one of the factors in the relatively slow cutting
> speed.  I am thinking of using a Raspberry Pi instead of the Arduino and
> hope that will allow it to run at a faster speed.  If anybody has additional
> suggestions, I would be happy to have them.
>
> 
> 
> Thanks.
>
> 
> 
> Regards
>
> 
> 
> Michael
>
> 
>
> 
> 
> Michael Enoch
> 
> michael.enoch at comcast.net
> 
> 505-730-0126
>
> 
> 
> 
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