Re: home-brewed CNC saw

"Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:

> The first question I have is what are you wanting to saw? Big

difference

> between what I would design if I wanted to automate cutting of steel
> bars into lengths from wanting to cut balsa blocks into sheets.

Mainly softer material, wood a bit harder than balsa.

> I have pretty well worked out the design and have purchased the

parts to

> make a CNC balsa saw. It will be intended to cut 1/32" - 1/4" sheets
> from a 24" balsa block. It will be strictly a 2 axis machine and

will

> use a fixed circular blade with the block being moved past it. I

can go

> into more detail if this is similar to what you think you need.

Will appreciate it very much. Thanks.

Randy wrote: "How big do you want the saw to be and do you want to
modify an existing table saw? Or do you want a horizontal beam saw
design?"

Table top, mainly for learning purposes.

Thanks

Peter