Right now all it has is a plotter adding but I’m also making a mount for a mill and lasercutter. It’s meant mostly for making circuit boards but should be able to handle other projects as well.
It’s designed in FreeCAD and some parts were sourced from discarded laboratory devices from my job as well as a broken 3D printer.
Here’s a link to the FreeCAD in its current form. I’m not happy about Google but this is to be shared for free so it’s okay.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TaGmB2l-2IpyjhtpyuxbR6gJtIwyiHvx/view?usp=drivesdk
Right now it’s a bit messy but I intend to post it to printables.com later when it’s fully done.
The video is sped up 8x. I think it can handle this speed realtime as well.
I’d like to see the FreeCAD file both in the “a bit messy” form as well as in the cleaned up form.
I’ve updated the OP with a Google drive link.
Cool! This was interesting to see.
On the design: It looks like it could be good for laser cutting but I doubt it will do more than CNC engraving wood. Would love to be proven wrong. I think the screws are too close and the leverages too large to be solid enough for cutting. We cpuld simulate it to verify the weak spots. No problem for plotting and laser cutting though. I was surprised by the deflection of the Indymill which has more metal parts.
On the CAD file: I could easily find my way in the file. I generally constrain more (also importing shapes from other Bodies) which makes it more automatic but also more error prone and harder to calculate. It will be interesting to see an assembly of these parts too.
Looking forward to updates from this build.
Same, I’m also a learning FreeCAD user.
Nice! Once you get the hang of it FreeCAD is quite pleasant to use in my experience. I’ve updated the OP with a gdrive link.
I’ve designed it partially by importing step files of commercial parts such as the stepper motors, aluminium extrusions etc. They can be found on sites like grabcad. You can just make a throwaway account there since you need to sign up to download anything. At least it’s free…