Project Overview

During my first semester of freshman year of college, I wanted to continue the momentum I built with my 3D printer senior capstone and create a desktop CNC cutter, re-using parts from the 3D printer I built.

The frame of the desktop CNC mainly consists of 3D printed parts, 2020 aluminum extrusions, brackets for the extrusions, and an acrylic backplate. Unfortunately, I didn’t document the full assembly, but have images of each sub-assembly

Y-Axis Assembly

Y-Axis Assembly

Z-Axis mounted on the X-Axis Assembly

Z-Axis mounted on the X-Axis Assembly

Z-Axis Assembly

Z-Axis Assembly

To control each Stepper Motor, I used an Arduino Uno with a CNC Shield attachment. I used Universal Gcode Sender and Easel software to send Gcode scripts to the Arduino and stepper motors.

Top Skills Utilized

Mechanical Design

Project Management

Manufacturing

Computer-Aided Design

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