Tag Archives: mantis

Constructing the ‘gunstrap’

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

I have started to build the new larger Mantis CNC inspired repstrap. The plywood i’m using for its construction is, oddly enough, from 8mm rifle ammunition boxes previously used by the Australian navy. Its 16mm thick, easy to work with and … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the Mantis Repstrap.

Posted on December 12, 2010 by

The Mantis CNC is a well thought out and very easy to construct PCB mill. Unfortunately, as it was originally designed as a PCB milling tool its build area is very restricted both horizontally and vertically. Because of this, and a few … Continue reading →

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Using cad.py on a Windows PC

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

To quote from makeyourbot.org cad.py is a CAM program that can be used to generate g-code tool paths for milling 2D and 3D objects. It operates on images instead of vector formats like Gerber, DXF, or SVG, so you’ll have … Continue reading →

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CNC milling with RAMPS.

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

My Mantis inspired repstrap/CNC mill is finally up and running. All the mechanical parts were scavenged used for the repstrap were from old printers. The total cost ended up being around $140AUD. This was all spent on the electronics and includes … Continue reading →

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Printer Parts + Time = Repstrap.

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

For quite some time now I have had a respectable collection of parts left over from disassembling a half dozen printers, fax machines and scanners. So when I came across the easy to construct Mantis CNC I thought I would give it … Continue reading →

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