diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 69b761f976034c22f7e00aa81e7b2812e33dc9e1..a7ecdb3b2838234fd6b08f9a5c1a07f23f25c768 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,12 +2,44 @@ ## Intro -Machines in a week -It's easy, so to speak -In minutia is mayhem +*Machines in a week* +*It's easy, so to speak* +*In minutia is mayhem* OK, welcome to Machine Week. -If you're reading this, chances are you're about to design a machine, and then build it, and then 'bring it online', and then do something with it. Exciting! There's a great deal of complexity here! I have done this a few times now<sup>1</sup>, and every time it's a new adventure. This document will serve as a guide for how to make (almost) a fairly standard 3-axis machine. *!ALERT! ~ This is a design process ~ !ALERT!* so please bear with any ambiguities, and the inherent nonlinearities present. For example, I already have a machine in mind, that I want to build (for reasons) - you may have an entirely different type of machine in mind, for different reasons. When possible, I will take asides to explain my reasoning, but overall, I intend this to be (1) a guide - for how to build this machine or slight deviations thereof, and (2) an exposition on (almost) how I go about considering machine design. Mostly, I hope to demystify CNC D&B<sup>2</sup> + +If you're reading this, chances are you're about to design a machine, and then build it, and then 'bring it online', and then do something with it. Exciting! There's a great deal of complexity here! I have done this a few times now<sup>1</sup>, and every time it's a new adventure. + +This document will serve as a guide for how to make (almost) a fairly standard 3-axis machine. *!ALERT! ~ This is a design process ~ !ALERT!* so please bear with any ambiguities, and the inherent nonlinearities present. For example, I already have a machine in mind, that I want to build (for reasons) - you may have an entirely different type of machine in mind, for different reasons. When possible, I will take asides to explain my reasoning, but overall, I intend this to be (1) a guide - for how to build this machine or slight deviations thereof, and (2) an exposition on (almost) how I go about considering machine design. Mostly, I hope to demystify CNC D&B<sup>2</sup> + +### In this order, we will do: + +#### Design: + - Draw a Layout (Rhino Suggested) + - Detail the Axis + - Detail Interconnects + +#### Manufacturing: + - Do Material Layout in Rhino + - Program CAM in Fusion + - Do the Milling + +#### Assembly: + - Put it together! + - Alignment, alignment, alignment! + +#### Electronics Assembly: + - Plugs, Switches, Power, oh my! + +#### Motion Control + - TinyG with a Big Heart (and minimum acceleration!) + +#### Machine Communication + - Chilipeppr + - Learning about GCode + +#### End Effectors + - Open Season: Design your own! ## Layout