CNC hot wire cutter moves with four axes
When working with Styrofoam, a conventional CNC machine like a router or laser cutter just won’t do. However, as shown in Michael Rechtin’s excellent video below, a hot wire can carve foam like butter, creating custom wings for RC aircraft or whatever else you can dream up.
Rechtin’s build uses a double gantry system to pull the wire in a horizontal and vertical directions. As each is mechanically independent of the other, they can move in tandem, or in a skewed orientation for cutting across both the horizontal and vertical planes.
Control is via an Arduino Mega running Grbl, with a RAMPS 1.4 shield.
May 30th, 2020 at 09:06:07
Hi can you share some more details on this build please
November 11th, 2020 at 17:17:11
Please share your build details please!
December 25th, 2020 at 23:33:33
Hi,
Where are the links to this build?