Lumenlab’s new kit: Open source CNC

posted May 23rd 2008 11:45am by Will O'Brien
filed under: daily, misc hacks

Imagine our surprise when we stumbled on the latest Lumenlab project: gantry style CNC. Until now the only time we ever invoked their name was for DIY projectors. The kit looks pretty interesting, and they’re taking pre-orders right now. It’s designed for a full sized router and you should be able to cut a 4′ by 8′ sheet with a feed roll. Even without, the cutting area is a large 26″ by 50″ and features 8″ of Z movement. Between their kit and an order from Online Metals, they’re projecting that you can build your own for around $1000. We’re definitely in when the final kit is released in June.

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Nothing very impressive…
The only remarkable point is that there’s a website with (quite) well structured informations.
Rather a “rÃ©sumÃ©” of cnczone’s forum posts on tutos and worklogs.

Posted at 12:46 pm on May 23rd, 2008 by MaX-MoD

you could build a cnc machine from a plotter you would need to replace the pens with a dremel.

Posted at 8:14 am on May 24th, 2008 by ejonesss

I love CNCzone there are some great things over there. I recently did a conversion of a mini mill and am very much still learning so I visit that site often.

I was disappointed in the tremendous cost.

Posted at 9:58 pm on May 24th, 2008 by Jason Rollette