{"id":29200,"date":"2011-08-21T07:02:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T14:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/?p=29200"},"modified":"2020-08-26T22:10:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T05:10:04","slug":"3-axis-cnc-router-built-from-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/ponoko\/3-axis-cnc-router-built-from-lego\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Axis CNC router built from Lego!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Everyone&#8217;s favourite childhood toy set has been turned into a CNC milling machine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.53.09-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29202\" title=\"CNC Lego Milling Machine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.53.09-AM.png\" alt=\"CNC Lego Milling Machine\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.53.09-AM.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.53.09-AM-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.53.09-AM-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.53.09-AM-1024x640.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthursacek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Arthur Sacek<\/a> has created a 3D <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/cnc-routing\" target=\"_blank\">CNC router<\/a> that with the exception of the actual milling bit, is built entirely from Lego Mindstorm robotics components. After the jump see a video of his machine in action milling a 3D mesh face created in Autodesk Softimage.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.54.03-AM1.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29205\" title=\"Lego and Autodesk Softimage mill\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.54.03-AM1.png\" alt=\"Lego and Autodesk Softimage mill\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.54.03-AM1.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.54.03-AM1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.54.03-AM1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-Shot-2011-08-22-at-1.54.03-AM1-1024x640.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its not the first computer controlled machine made with Lego components, as I remember from my childhood dreaming of owning a certain Lego Technic set that held pen and paper. It could be programmed to reproduce drawings. But this is the sturdiest Lego milling machine and best demonstration of 3D milling physical objects that I&#8217;ve seen constructed from Lego.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LEGO 3D Milling Machine - &quot;3D Printer&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pX1cO2XhMrg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Via Makezine<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>David is an industrial designer from New Zealand. He contributes weekly   3D print articles for Ponoko. You can follow him on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dizymac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@dizymac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Everyone&#8217;s favourite childhood toy set has been turned into a CNC milling machine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Arthur Sacek has created a 3D CNC router that with the exception of the actual milling bit, is built entirely from Lego Mindstorm robotics components. 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