I don’t think that the MetalMaslow kit comes with the router, but I am sure they will weigh in shortly.
To be completely clear, this is a kit to make a CNC vertical router. It will take substantial work on your part to design and fabricate the frame, mount all portions of the kit, download and install software on both your computer (also not included) and the micro-controller board (MetalMaslow may be providing the micro-controller pre-programmed, but I’ll let them address that).
This is by no means a turn-key solution to CNC. I am reiterating this to make sure that people understand that you are buying a kit to make a tool, not buying a tool in itself.
we sell our kit without a router OR with a Makita palm router.
Nice thing about our kit is it will work with any router that has a round cylinder shape.
Most people find the hardest part learning the software, not making the kit IMHO that is the biggest amount of time used and like the saying goes time is money.
I would agree with the learning part. I built a RostockMax 3d printer kit several years ago. It was fun and prints great but by far the hardest part is design. The kit is easy.
Besides parts pictures I’m impatiently waiting for a new fungus free fake knee joint, probably October plus a few months of healing. Otherwise one would be on order for the southern moose swamp
The two piece laser cut top rail (three if you count the connector) is a great bargain at $30 but probably not practical to ship to Bahrain. A couple bolt-on laser cut risers to attach it to edges of the plywood backer board, minimizing the chance of getting the spacing wrong or the rail off center, would be a great addition
Not that I’m complaining … but when the heck did the site go live and start taking orders? I just placed mine and curious if anyone has received theirs yet? Have they actually started shipping? Or is this just another good and the site was not suppose to actually be live yet?
I’m excited! Apologies for emailing you constantly regarding the shipping date. Haha. The aluminum bar is only for US shipping? Any chance we could get a diagram to make it locally?
Hey Metalmaslow, just wanted to check on something. I had placed an order back in January, on the 5th, #FVND-075164. I see this was a time when you weren’t officially taking orders. Can you let me know the status of this order? You can send it via email, that’s fine.
One can easily form UHMW by putting it in a regular oven at about 200-220 F. This UHMW is flexible enough so that we just rolled it around the edge and it’s held on place with some set screws. Vacuum can be attached to the round smaller hole in the sled , but one might have to decrease air flow because suction can be very strong depending on the vac used. Z axis can also be raised using spacers and a standard crevice tool.
