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Building the most accurate DIY CNC lathe in the world [video]

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177 points pillars | 1 comments | 03 Sep 25 13:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rtkwe ◴[03 Sep 25 14:28 UTC] No.45116255[source]▶
For a more rough and ready, but quite entertaining, version of the DIY CNC (mill however) build there's the sage of Not An Engineer's build of a DIY CNC mill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uallSKJGoug&list=PL3NwjxPeyb...

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heisenzombie ◴[04 Sep 25 01:12 UTC] No.45122314[source]▶
I also was impressed at Chris Borge's lathe build:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Js8erWbsDQ

It's small and kind of underpowered, but not useless! The central idea is to 3D print shells that hold metal parts and are then filled with concrete for rigidity and mass. Quite clever, I think.

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1. bluGill ◴[04 Sep 25 01:19 UTC] No.45122351[source]▶
While interesting he hasn't read the gingery books and has made several 'mistakes' that gingery tells you how todo better. Though there is plenty of fault to pick in the gingery designs they show a clear understanding of how to do things and the mistakes are compromises based on materials available not a failure to understand precision.