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		Keyframe on Oct 29, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT Student-designed CNC mill you can build for le... I built a CNC 1.7m x 1.3m with 800+ IPS for ~2000$ - with a lot of googling and persistence. Ping me if you want to build your own, I'll give you details, it's really not that hard at all.

gregpilling on Oct 30, 2010 | [–]

Do you have details posted somewhere? I would love to see them.

Keyframe on Oct 30, 2010 | | [–]

No, nothing online. It's a standard gantry 3-axis mill though. Pretty much all info to build your own is here: http://buildyourcnc.com/ I wish I found that info before!

cadr on Oct 29, 2010 | [–]

What do you use it for?

Keyframe on Oct 29, 2010 | [–]

See my other comment in thread. Spearguns of my own design.

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