My initial title "my kind of momus" stemmed from the fact that my machine is kind of a 1/2 momus and 1/2 cnc router parts hybrid. When I saw the momus plans for the first time, I loved how well thought out they were and how integrated everything looked. I also loved the cover. I wanted mine to be larger and more heavy duty like one of the cnc router parts machines.
My machine is all based on using the carriages and z-axis mount from cnc router parts. I had to make custom gantry brackets to make this all work (otherwise is would have all been pretty much plug and play) But unlike both the momus and the cnc router parts machines I used acme screws not rack and gears.
Here are the full specs:
80/20 extrusions. 3" x 1.5" for the Y and Z. 3" x 3" for the X
4" x 1/4" ground rails
4 cnc router parts 320oz motors. Master/Slave Y axis
1/2" acme screws all around.
Dumpster cnc/cnc router parts anti backlash nuts
Ugra CNC 2.2kw water cooled spindle
Hitachi VFD
Gecko G540
Smooth Stepper Ethernet
Shuttle mini intel kiosk computer
small pc touch screen
Mach 3
I'm sure there is something I have forgotten. Ask me if you want more info.
Thanks to Ahren at Cnc router parts, Jeff at Soigeneris and Ugra CNC
Here are a few pictures of my build log:
I first built the base and leveled it so I would have something flat to build on.
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Torsion box core
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Body going together
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Custom gantry brackets to use cnc router parts carriages
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Carriages, brackets and rails
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More carriages, brackets and rails
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Inside the finished machine
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