Pledge: CNC Mill

We are looking at getting a CNC mill for the space

The item

No specific item has yet been selected. However we'd like to be able to mill small metal parts and also cut out shapes from sheet plastic and aluminium.

Specification

• Axes: 3 or 4 (X,Y,Z,work rotation)
• Material capability: Wood, Plastics, Aluminium
• Warranty: Yes/No ?
• Max purchase cost: £?
• Construction: Off the shelf, conversion kit or self-build ?

Potential mills

• Sig KX3
• Sherline mill available in the UK from Mill Hill Supplies.

Additional information

• Cutting sheet metal with a Sherline mill.
• Many mills to see at the London Model Engineering exhibition
• CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO yahoo group

Pledges

• £200 --Teabot 08:34, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
• £20 --Solexious 23:30, 25 July 2010 (UTC) (can increase in future)

Running total: £220