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[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

The slides are nice, but they are generally belt driven. You'd do better
using a screw.

Here's an interesting site: http://buildyourcnc.com

They have a software section featuring Ubunto. I was suprised to see how
OSS they was for these types of applications.



On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 10:04 -0500, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> > I had a similar printer at a previous job in the accounting dept. It was
> > used to print payroll. It was smoking fast.  Its was in an enclosure to
> > deaden the noise. It was so noisy that it shook the entire enclosure.
> > The print head changed direction so violently that the entire table
> > "wiggled".
> >
> > It was kinda cool to watch -if you were wearing ear plugs. It was
> > amazing see tractor fed paper pulled through something so fast.
> >
> 
> If I had time and space I'd take it apart for the motors and slides.
> That'd get you at least half-way to a home built CNC machine.
> 
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