A few days ago, I blogged an Instructable on MAKE about a (relatively) easy to build 3-Axis CNC milling machine. Folks (on Instructables and MAKE) thought it was cool n’ all, but they wanted to know a lot more, like how to control the steppers, details of the software used, etc. The builder has answered, with a new Instructable that covers the steeper motors and driver circuits and the software he uses. There have been a number of calls to do a CNC machine project in MAKE and it’s probably something we should consider. These machines really have reached a point of being (relatively) cheap and easy enough to make that lots of people might want to give it a try.
