This milling machine is a computer numerical control machine and the students of the fifth year have built this machine completely at school following several steps:
1)at first the design of the milling machine by using the CAD software and the three-dimensional models, available in “Solidworks”.
2)Then the building of some components, for example the plates for connection or for the support of the step motors, rather than the plates for the motion of the carts, along the X, Y, Z axis. All these components have been produced thanks to CNC milling machine, which is in the machine tool laboratory at school.
3) After that, the use of a 3D printer to make some specific elements of the machine like the limit switch elements in the X and Y directions.
4) In the next step the wiring of the PIBOT electronic boards connected to the drive units like step motors, electro mandril and limit switch.
5) The next stage the assembly of the machine in the school workshop.
6) After that the set up of the control program of the GRBL machine which uses the software of the Arduino electronic board.
7) In the end the test of the machine with the configuration of the CAM Est CAM program in order to realize different machining of raw pieces generally of wood or plexiglass.