I decided to build an ultra low cost CNC router.

Most of the parts are 3D printed, linear slides are ball bearings fixed in a “cage”  and rolling around a square steel profile.

For the electronic, I used a ramps 1.4 with a firmware I customized from the open source Malin project to suit the need of a CNC router.

UPDATE:

I couldn’t bare with the noise and slowness of metric rod as lead screw, so I put GT2 belt instead on X and Y axis.

Here is the building of the machine:

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And here are the first objects I milled:

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And here a quick Video showing the router milling bamboo:

My 3D printed CNC router milling Bamboo from victor jung on Vimeo.