Frustrated, [Peter] then started a full-blown investigation to figure out why his Z axis wasn’t cutting the mustard. In a CNC system there are 2 major components, the electronics and the ...

We see a lot of CNC Machines here on Hackaday but not too ... Just like the X Axis stock hardware, all of the Z Axis parts were also ditched in favor of another eBay find, a 10mm ball screw ...

CNC precision for boring and drilling operations ... 2180mm Y-axis stroke and 350mm Z-axis stroke, with a rapid travel speed of 100 m/min in X and Y, and 30 m/min in Z. Maximum rapid traverse ...

Up and down is called the Z axis, side to side and front to back are the X and Y axes. The router spins a cutting bit at up to 25,000 rpm. CNC stands for computer numerically controlled and those ...