Cheap sheet metal gantry solutions, for diy belt driven cnc and screw driven cnc.

This is a small desktop vacuum former that can be connected to a shop-vac and an electric heat source (like a grill for instance). You can control the time each appliance stays turned on, and the vacuum is automatically turned on when the tray is placed on top of the model. The vacuum table is 20x20cm wide, and I've tested it mostly with 1mm thick PET sheets.

i always make laser cutting machine, but when i see openbuilds, this can make more cheap gantry for make laser cutting.

Mad plumbers choice what Else can i say?

My DIY 3D Printer build which is similar to an i3 style printer. This is a fully documented step-by-step build with videos.

So for my senior project I decided to build a CNC router. I kind of need to get this done before May so we'll see what all goes down. It's going to be a 3 axis machine (for now) and will be able to handle 4x8 sheets of wood. This is my first build. It's going to be intresting..

A sun cutter only using mirror and glass balls with x and y table movement