A rigid aluminium frame.
Machined 6061 plates, bolted and braced at every corner. The whole machine fits inside a 500 mm cube.
Personal project · Final degree project 2024
Designed from scratch to machine aluminium on a desk.
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Machined 6061 plates, bolted and braced at every corner. The whole machine fits inside a 500 mm cube.
Ball screws and preloaded linear guides on X, Y and Z. A NEMA 23 stepper drives each axis through a toothed belt.
Over 400 parts in one assembly, down to the last M3. Designed in Fusion 360 and checked with FEA in Ansys.
From a blank sheet to a working design, in one final degree project.
180 × 140 × 100 mm
Work envelope
0.1 mm
Target accuracy
3 × NEMA 23
Stepper motors
400+ parts
In the assembly