December 16th, 2008 by admin

Stationary Gantry, Courtesy of www.colinmackenzie.net

Before you begin building a cnc machine, there are many things to consider and decide. One of the most important things is to decide what type of axis you are going to use. One way is to make a stationary gantry and have the table move. This design is better when making a mini cnc machine because the

Moving Gantry

entire table needs to be mobile. The other, more common desgin is to have a moving gantry and stationary bed. With this desgin, only the gantry is mobile so the router, laser, or cutter moves across the material instead of having the material move. This is commonly used on manufacturing cnc machines.