All done in my garage with a very basic set of tools.
Cnc granite epoxy.
Mostly time laps recording of the build process of a little epoxy granite router.
The aluminum reference surfaces are all joined by an internal aluminum skeleton frame.
Epoxy granite vertical cnc mill.
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Travel x600mm y300mm z600mm 750watt delta servos on all axis.
Based on my research that should make for a fine epoxy granite base.
With the correct formula for epoxy granite adam set up his mold and waxed everything liberally.
And here are some interesting build pix.
Here is the 3d model which i used to build my diy vmc.
Diy epoxy granite cnc milling machine mold for the bridge part1 step two mixing the epoxy and some different sized rock preferably basalt.
However the epoxy granite material fills in all of the rest of the space providing the vibration damping and also looking pretty good.
As far as time and money goes when you add in all the equipment it comes out cheaper than an aluminum casting.
The only machines use.
The internal skeleton or what the cnc machine will be bolted to is assembled inside the mold and.
17mm basalt rock 12mm marble 6mm quartz rock and sand.
Epoxy granite filling a mill for vibration dampening and rigidity filling the machine castings with epoxy granite with epoxy granite sometimes also called polymer concrete has been a time honored tradition of some of the finest machine tool manufacturers such as hardinge with their proprietary harcrete and others.
Our casting is greenish because we mix everything we could find in different grain size.
Epoxy granite is an overlooked material when it comes to making home cnc builds.
The epoxy granite mixture being used is 30 granite gravel 30 joint sand 30 fine quartz sand and 10 r l g epoxy resin.