Case Studies

Here are some examples of machines built using LinuxCNC as the controller

VMC

http://webpages.charter.net/bengvall/emc/emcconversion.html Dave Engvall's Mazak conversion

Mills

JakeAndRussells HM45 chineese conversion

[Stuart Stevenson's G&L Horizontal Boring MIll]

[Stuart Stevenson's Dah-Lih]

jlmjvm's bridgeport using steppers with encoders

[Robert Harpham's Leadwell VMC mill conversion]

[Igor Chudov's Bridgeport Series II Interact 2 CNC Mill]

[Jean-Paul Moniz's First 3 axis CNC mill Bridgeport clone]

[Construction Van de Walle's Norte VS-2000 VMC]

[George Reeder's Bridgeport R2E4 & LinuxCNC for Dummies page]

Mini Mills

[Chris Radek's MaxNC retrofit and improvements]

Weyland's RF31 retro-fit

[Opti BF20 with steppers]

This machine now has DC servo control http://www.anderswallin.net/2008/09/servo-setup/

[Lerneaen Hydra's Opti BF20 retrofit with steppers]

[xemet's desktop CNC (Proxxon MF70)]

[X3 Benchtop Conversion]

[Dewey Garrett's X3 Mini Mill with servos]

[Mike Gilsdorf's Smithy 622 Mini Mill (crashing)]

Lathes

[Lerneaen Hydra's Emco compact 5 retrofit]

[Kirk Wallace's Hardinge HNC with tool turret]

[Robert Harpham's Hardinge Superslant Twin Turret Lathe conversion. ]

[Index GE42 3-Axis Lathe] by LUDA Mechatronik (Austria)

[Restauracion de torno educativo, spanish]

[Restauracion de maquinas varias, spanish]

Lasers

Micges Laser 2.1m x 1.3m, 2,5d laser

Micges Laser 2 2m rotation laser

[DIY. How to build a Homemade Router Laser CNC from old Printers parts.]

[Construcción de un Router Laser CNC ( Spanish version ).]

Plasma

Robin Szemeti's plasma 2.5 x 1.25m plasma cutter

[Jarl & Carl 2.5m x 6.5m plasma cutter]

John Thornton's [Plasma Cutter]

A2 Mechshop's 4x4 plasma gantry: GantryPlasmaMachine

Routers

[Micges Table Mill]

Les Watts' router a really nice big servo-driven router

Robin Szemeti's router cheap and cheerful 3 axis router for signmaking.

[Nathan's router] a DIY 3-axis wooden router

Brian Mihulka's router A 6'x10' router purchased used and converted to LinuxCNC

A2 Mechshop's 4x4 gantry is also built to support a routing head: GantryPlasmaMachine

Rapid prototyping (3d printing)

[EMCRepStrap 3d printer]

Rapid prototype machine for plastics http://dev.www.reprap.org/bin/view/Main/EmcRepStrap

Weird kinematics

Alex Joni's toy - a small cable tripod that proves LinuxCNC kinematics working

Koppi's toy - a bipod that proves LinuxCNC kinematics working

[CNC Inverted Cable Tripod] (using kins to fly a ghost around the yard!)

[dave anderson's small cable hexapod] and till franitza's hexaglide model

a [a thread on hexapod designs] that repeatedly mentions LinuxCNC, although nobody has actually built anything, the slackers

[www.cnc-hotwire.de] A dual-bipod (wire and winch) foam cutter. Very elegant.

[Inverted Tetrapod] - This is a Cable Inverted Tetrapod, inspired to the above mentioned bipod and triopods. We use this system in theaters for artistic purpose.

[Hexapod] 6-axis hexapod (Stewart platform) mill prototype.

Other

[Enhanced Machine Controller Antenna Range (EMCAR)]

Dewey Garrett's [Ornamental Turning Engine]

LinuxCNC Installations in progress

VMC

MazakRetro notes on the retrofit of a Mazak V machining center

[Deckel DC30 Retrofit] by LUDA Mechatronik (Austria)

Mills

Michael Cormack's [Jet JVM-830 CNC Conversion]

Kirk Wallace's [Shizuoka ST-N mill conversion]

[The Multimachine] is built out of used truck engine blocks (!) -- is it possible to [add CNC numerical control to the Multimachine]?

Lathe

"Casafrog" Tsugami Lathe retrofit/rebuild http://www.casafrog.com/cfblog/

[Index GS30 5-Axis Lathe] by LUDA Mechatronik (Austria)

Plasma

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Link Broken http://members.optusnet.com.au/~cncmill/cnc.html Andrew Garths 3 Axis CNC mill (testing in progress)