Open Source Key Machine
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:52 am
This is an idea i've been kicking around for a while. I know others have built their own in the past but i'd just like to get some input before i go much further. Its always best to get as many ideas from others before planning an open source project.
What I'm thinking about is a very simple X/Y table hooked up to either a PC/Laptop or driven directly from a GUI Arduino. you can the just bolt it down in front on your FB-200 or Ilco 008. Code machines are stupid money for what they actually are!
What id like to figure out, is being able to use off the shelf components, with little or no machining work required, so anyone can build one.
Right now I'm thinking of a Proxxon KT70 Table...
a CNC conversion kit from ebay, NEMA 17 steppers....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Proxxon-MF70-CNC-conversion-kit-for-Nema-17-stepper-motors-/271745840817?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f455076b1
and then something like a grblsheild to drive it....
https://www.inventables.com/technologies/gshield
Cost would be $100 for the table, $100 for the steppers and driver, maybe $40 for a PSU and another $100 for the Arduino and Touchscreen. Total about $350.
Once built, it would be great to get some standard definition files for key types, just so you can select from a list and enter the bitting information and it generates all geometry and pulses directly and cuts the key.
Any ideas would be welcome and yeah there would be room in the future to mount a cutting head that could make angled cuts and maybe a tiny 300W spindle for Laser tracks... who knows
What I'm thinking about is a very simple X/Y table hooked up to either a PC/Laptop or driven directly from a GUI Arduino. you can the just bolt it down in front on your FB-200 or Ilco 008. Code machines are stupid money for what they actually are!
What id like to figure out, is being able to use off the shelf components, with little or no machining work required, so anyone can build one.
Right now I'm thinking of a Proxxon KT70 Table...
a CNC conversion kit from ebay, NEMA 17 steppers....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Proxxon-MF70-CNC-conversion-kit-for-Nema-17-stepper-motors-/271745840817?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f455076b1
and then something like a grblsheild to drive it....
https://www.inventables.com/technologies/gshield
Cost would be $100 for the table, $100 for the steppers and driver, maybe $40 for a PSU and another $100 for the Arduino and Touchscreen. Total about $350.
Once built, it would be great to get some standard definition files for key types, just so you can select from a list and enter the bitting information and it generates all geometry and pulses directly and cuts the key.
Any ideas would be welcome and yeah there would be room in the future to mount a cutting head that could make angled cuts and maybe a tiny 300W spindle for Laser tracks... who knows