Of the skills & capabilities that I regret not having, welding used to be top-most. Now, 3-d printing is probably tops, followed by
large-scale CNC, then welding. That said, large format CNC is likely more useful than (desktop) 3d printing.
How large is large format? I'd like to be able to mill a sheet of plywood.
I've bought the machine. Anybody here know how to get started?
Good for you :)
no idea really, except my Father in law had one in his Garage. It cost an arm and a leg, and he never really used it.
I think he did our house name on the Gate, but that was about it.
What have you got?
(I have inherited a small electric welder, but am probably the worst welder you are likely to meet. Perhaps I should put that on my "The Great Lockdown" achievement list... Improve my welding skills. )
For about 4 years now, I've been watching a guy develop 3d printers, then CNCs in kit form. About 3 years ago, he started developing the 'Lowrider' based on his successful platform. It is fairly mature -ver 2.
I think this is version 1
https://youtu.be/WtLPOo6u6Z8?list=PLNTqw0XBIzCCxZ5SWocae1VjyeloyAgHC&t=91
Altogether, the cost will be about $600 delivered.
Neat! I have a godson who lives in Germany, and last time he was over he was talking about building one....
He now has the link, thanks!
When does it arrives?
Same here. I always wanted an electric arc welder. I had a brief intro to welding in high school and I liked it. Smithing with a forge was another thing I liked.
Today a 3D printer would be useful.
>arrive
The original concept was to 3-d print a good bit of the parts yourself and just buy the motors & controls. Now, it has progressed to "bundles" ....and I'm waiting for the hardware bundle to be restocked. The other bundles have been shipped.
>link
Here. But the site is something of a jumble.
https://www.v1engineering.com/lowrider-cnc/
>always wanted an electric arc welder
I have a buzz box you can have.
An interesting CNC project - free plan for a food growing "sphere" released by IKEA:
https://medium.com/space10/space10-open-sources-the-growroom-aa7ca6621715#.vkhbb7q9j
I got one of those cheap chinese 3018 cnc pro ones, i thought it would be just as easy as laser cutting or 3d printing but it's far more complex! I think i need a carpentry course to fully get it :)
"Today a 3D printer would be useful."
They are a fucker for accuracy, especially holes obviously, if you print the model with the hole vertically then the bottom of the hole has a smaller diameter than the top due to it compressing on the bed. That's a worse problem the smaller your scale is of course.
"I think he did our house name on the Gate, but that was about it." that's so Dadlike.