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CNC hot wire cutter moves with four axes

Arduino TeamMay 14th, 2020

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.

Boards:Mega
Categories:ArduinoCNC

3 Responses to “CNC hot wire cutter moves with four axes”

  1. daisthorpe Says:

    Hi can you share some more details on this build please

  2. jylin77 Says:

    Please share your build details please!

  3. methowsparky Says:

    Hi,
    Where are the links to this build?

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