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Aluminum Router

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https://blog.bomorgan.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aluminum_router.mp4

I’ve been having a lot of fun with a CNC (Computer Numeric Control) router that can cut aluminum.  I wanted to connect it to my free & open source ecosystem, so I made sure to get one based on free & open source firmware that handles standard gcode input.  I found these features in the Genmitsu PROVerXL 4030.  It’s not easy, but it is rewarding.  I have progressed in my learning to a point of being able to machine two pieces of aluminum that screw together smoothly.  You can see the single-pole threadmill in the above video cutting one thread at a time on a circular ring of aluminum that is being cut out of an aluminum block.  An air compressor is blowing away aluminum debris and applying a clean manufacturing technique called MQL (Minimum Quantity Lubrication).  The entire process runs on electricity, recyclable aluminum, and biodegradable lubricant.

Aluminum Router Ring

2022.11.12

 

 

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