Previously, I had tried to increase the speeds of the CNC machine with disastrous results. The reason was that the stepper motors which drove the movements in the axes would stall if they encountered more load than they could take. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I always wanted to do something with my old CD’s. I must admit that I have a certain fascination for CD’s because the close lines on the surface causes interference of light which then breaks up into rainbow colours. By […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After testing the movement of the X-axis successfully, my next task was to fabricate the other axes, namely the Y and Z axes. The Y-axis was not much of a problem as it followed very much the same design as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…