New to Site

**mntlvr** · Dec 30, 2017, 12:34 AM

Hello my name is Bob I am 72 years old and have built a CNC from scratch but am about to build a smaller version. I love machine , Electronics and wood working. Found this site from Pintrest as decide to brows and then found this site very interesting.
Hope all of you a very Safe and prosperous New Year

**Jon** · Dec 30, 2017, 10:06 AM

Hi Bob - welcome to HomemadeTools.net

What's your plan for the smaller CNC?

**mntlvr** · Dec 30, 2017, 11:14 AM

Hello Jon
Thanks for the welcome.
I am thinking in the terms of a foot print of 20" outside on "X" and 24" outside on "Y" using 16mm rail on each axis and with a "z" clearance of maybe 2".
I will use this CNC for PCB's primarily . I am in the process of building the "X" axis now , and will slowly build the entire machine to se Mach 4 and either NEMA 17 or NEMA 23 Steppers, with a PDMX controller. Since I am using Centroid Acron on my larger machine I think this will be very adequate for my needs on the smaller machine.

Happy New Year