Fab Lab Ciudad de México

Mexico City

Group Assignment – Computer-Controlled Machining - CDMX

General objective (group assignment):

 

  • Complete your lab’s safety training
  • Test runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths for your machine
  • Document your work to the group work page and reflect on your individual page what you learned

Machine used

 

AXYZ CNC ROUTER

Technical characteristics

  • Work area. 1220x2440mm
  • Power: 220V, 5Hp
  • Mark. AXYZ
  • Model: 4008

Development

We read and apply the safety rules to considering when in the lab and when using the machines, we fabricate and test the CNC router with 3 different materials

 

Parameters optimized of machine.

 

For Aluminum:

  • Tool ¼” straight 1 flute
  • Passes: 6 passes , 1.2mm per pass
  • Rpm 10000rpm
  • Speed 10mm/seg

 

For OSB15mm:

  • Tool ¼” straight 1 flute
  • Passes: 3 , 3.8mm per pass and 3mm for the last pas
  • RPM: 11000rpm
  • Speed:  58mm/seg

 

For Plywood 18mm

  • Tool ¼” straight 1 flute
  • Passes: 5 . 3.8mm per pass and 3mm for the last pas
  • RPM: 11000rpm
  • Speed:  58mm/seg

 

 

Model of the CNC router we used

The CNC router milling the aluminum pieces

One of the finished pieces of aluminum

Cutting the OSB board

Sample of the top cover and pieces of the drawer

A detail of the assemble of the legs support

Cutting some different joints to test the runnout

The runout of the tool is 0.16

Safety Rules for our Lab.

Wear Overol, gogles and face mask as basic equipment , also, each machine has it´s own safety rules and protection guidance.

 

More details in this link:

 

Safety rules

 

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