CNC Machine #2 - Costs

Costs

Many people email me and ask me about the cost for the machine - so I will list as much as I can here to give people an idea of the costs associated with building your own CNC machine (at least one like mine).

For some of the things I won off of ebay there's no link - you just have to check often and get lucky. A small tip for eBay - you can save your searches and have them email you daily the new stuff that's listed...

Also for the V Bearings - mine are home made so I'm listing the price it cost me to make them - and making them saved me about $100, but I've included a link to where you could buy some too.

I've also included links as much as I could to show you where I bought some stuff. Most of the misc hardware was bought at Home Depot or Lowes.

As usual if you have any questions - feel free to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it !

These are in no particular order....

• Hobby CNC Pro Controller Board (with 4th Axis Upgrade) - $ 99.00
• 4 X 425oz Stepper motors ($49 each) - $196.00
• 40' of Stepper Motor Wire ($5.00 per 10 feet) - $20.00
  
• 3 X Lovejoy Couplers (approx $9 a set) - $ 27.00
• 3 X Lead Screw Nuts - Mine are homemade but you can buy similar for $16.50 each - $49.50
  
• 2 X 6' Long 1/2"-10 Acme Lead Screws (approx $9.50 each) - $19.00
• 1 X 3' Long 1/2-10 Acme Lead Screw - $6.00
• 9 X Acme Nuts for holding Lead screws in place (approx $2 each) - $18.00
  
• Hitachi M12VC Router (eBay) - $120.00
• Aluminum T-Slot Extrusion (eBay) - $80.00
• THK Linear bearings for Z Axis (ebay) - $35.00
• 16 X V Bearings ($6 a piece) - $96.00
• 3 X Motor Mounts - Hard to price homemade, you can buy mounts for $12.00 each - $36.00
  
• Tons of misc nuts bolts and other misc hardware - $200 (This is a wild guess really)
  

That puts the grand total at about $1000.00 or so, and I probably saved about $200 making my own parts :) (plus it was fun making them!)

I hope this helps some people when they are figuring out about how much it will cost them to build a machine like mine