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transform a Flatbed Printer to CNC Router

Discussion in 'CNC Mills/Routers' started by javiervega, Apr 27, 2022.

  1. javiervega

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    Hello,

    Is possible tranform this printer to a cnc router? have a servo motors, is possible put the BlackBox Motion Control System with these servo motors?

    Thank You!
     

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  2. David the swarfer

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    The Blackbox has stepper motor drivers, you have servo motors with their own drivers.
    If those servo drivers have "step and direction" inputs, then you could drive them with an Arduino Uno running GRBL, thus
    creating your own 'blackbox' (-:

    Mechanically printer mechanisms are designed to be light and move fast since the printing does not exert any force on the moving parts. Routing will put a lot of force on the moving parts.

    What you have there is probably much better suited to converting to a laser cutter/engraver which also does not put any force on the moving parts, and is light, and needs to move fast (-:
     
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