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A project log for Minamil 2dc: a minimal CNC mill

Each axis: ̶$̶5̶ ̶$̶8̶ $10 motor+lead screw, 3x LM6UU, 3x 6mm x 100mm rod, 1/8in hardboard, PC case screws

paul-mcclayPaul McClay 07/25/2023 at 16:520 Comments

The project title used to be "Minamil: a minimal CNC mill. And friends." because that seemed like an economical way to make room for some variations that would be less strictly minimal. That became slightly inconvenient because it clashed with the handy HaD editor function of inserting #projectname inline into sentences where the extra punctuation confuses grammar. In some places I've edited ". And friends." out of the resulting link text to make a sentence flow better -- each time adding a little weight to the thought "maybe I should just change the project title". Meanwhile, ideas spinning off into separate projects, or just not going very far, add lightness to the counter-thought "but it's not all quite so minimal...".

So now it's #Minamil: a minimal CNC mill and #"Desk Accessory" CNC Milling Machine and #A Cheap Compact Linear Slide and longer lead screws happening over here and non-minimal Z axis variations that escaped the local minimum and got even more minimal and dual motor+screws not really happening (yet) and ...

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