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 # Wood Router Clank
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 2022 HTMAA machine week had an interesting take off I definitely enjoyed. Instead students making machines, this time, TAs were the one asked to have some fun making some machines and I personally took it as a dive in into Jake Read's research. It has been a fun activity that allowed me learn how to make my 1st wood router and ideas for how to keep improving it.
 
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 Jake's project [**Clank**](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/jakeread/clank) offers open source hardware and software to built machines in various sizes only using extruded aluminum, bearings, and 3D printed parts. A recent iteration, [Clank stretch](https://github.com/jakeread/clank-stretch/) offers a larger size machine and a new  hot plate for interchangeable end effectors that led me to design some more fun attachments to the machine to convert the wood router into a pen plotter veeeeery easily. I also made some modifications that I will go a little bit deeper to simplify the machine a bit. I built a makita adaptor that you can [download](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/alfonso/wood-router-clank/-/tree/main/CAD) and use with your Clank hot plate.
 
 I decided I wanted to build a Shapeoko-Carbide dektop router (650mm by 650mm). I showed Jake on Amazon this Makita wood router [Makita RT0700C](https://www.google.com/search?q=Makita+RT0700C&rlz=1C5CHFA_enES881US883&oq=Makita+RT0700C&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l6j69i60.445j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) able to spin up to 25k rpm and weights around 4 pounds. Seemed that the route might be touching the limits of the machine but worth the try.
 
-Besides, my ultimate goal was to take it with me to hometown, Caniles, in my Christmas luggage. I designed everything around the maximum diagonal able to stuck in my biggest luggage and, spoiler, it somehow worked out. 
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+Besides, my ultimate goal was to take it with me to hometown, Caniles, in my Christmas luggage. I designed everything around the maximum diagonal able to stuck in my biggest luggage and, spoiler, it somehow worked out.
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 I downloaded the baseline design and start modifying it. First, as we were worried about the stiffness of the gantry once we assemble the router (a 4kg cantilever end effector), I decided to change the Y-rails from a 20 by 20 aluminum beam into a 60 by 20 aluminum beam. That implied to redesign y-carriers, and the machine legs.
 
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 I transported it to Spain. My luggage weighted 78 pounds, and, as a miracle, I was not asked to pay any extra weight. Unbelievable. I arrived home, made a table for the router and assemble it. The first experiments were great. I mainly worked with soft wood (pine) unsing a double flute 6mm diam end mill. But I have to say that I was making a big big mess every time I mill wood. So I decided to design a tiny holder to attach my vacuum machine from my homes woodshop. As a result, the cutest vacuum station Ive seen.
 
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 After **many** attempts, I can say that the best cutting conditions for soft wood using this machine are:
 - RPM 13k
 - Feed 1000 - 1200mm/min
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 I detoured a bit and, using a Creality Ender3 Pro I designed and built this pen end effector.
 
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 I re-railed into the box and the results were very satisfying. Here are some pics.
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