[akfourtymillion]

Hi. So I want to build a cnc 3d printer combo. Something like this:Combination CNC Machine and 3D Printer

The only problem is that the machine is made of cheap materials,making it somewhat unsturdy. A machine like this:OpenBuilds OX CNC Machine | OpenBuilds
would be more along the lines of what I would like. Is there anyway to hack the design of the sturdy cnc machine and make it into a 3d printer cnc combo? P.S. this is my first build and my knowledge is somewhat limited. Thank you.

[morphious69]

I think the most difficult process of this is going to be the software as you can just strap a 3D printing head onto a CNC head holder and use the motion control of the CNC mill to do the work you are looking to do. I have been looking at this process for a while and plan on using my custom CNC builds to base my own 3D atomic deposition printer designs on.

[Tkamsker]

I have an proxxon mf70 cnc where i Controlled it successfully using reprap ramps 1.4 board i tweaked marlin and i could cut a pcb with Eagle pcb-gcode .. in Winter i Do a ballbearing conversion with an 43 mm miller head where you can also put print head on ... that May point you in the right direction ..

[jm82792]

It can be done but you'll probably want two different motion control packages, one for CNC like LinuxCNC, and some other one that also runs on a PC with a parallel port. With luck you could get it to the point where a quick restart on the computer or so forth is all that's needed to switch over.

[Tkamsker]

Jm why you want this ?
You generate gcode and Run it ..
Even with ramps and LCD you can manually Control the axis Set 0 and go no hassle with PC ..
And i tried Even linuxcnc on beaglebone that Looks also promising ..

[dick cnc]

There are many people who have put an extruder on CNC milling machines there is no problem using Mach 3 there are couple slicing software's that you can set for Mach 3 kisslicer and sli3r. You basically run two external temperature controllers for the extruder and heated bed and set your slicing software to Mach 3 hear is a picture of one I built. If you Google large scale repstrap I think you'll see some more pictures

[akfourtymillion]

so I decided to make the 3d printer cnc machine combo (Combination CNC Machine and 3D Printer). The only problem is finding a four axis cnc kit that fits the specifications he laid out. In general,the kits I find on ebay are too powerful. Any ideas on where to find a four axis cnc kit like the one he specifies without breaking the bank? I decided to make this kit because I only have a limited amount of money and I don't know the first thing about cnc machines or 3d printers.