Small and medium CNC milling

Training

You must complete the training session before you can use one of our CNC machines. Book via the website once you've been inducted.

receive email to download the files then upload to Fusion360

We have two Roland 3 axis CNC mills in the FabLab. You can design for, and program both using Autodesk Fusion 360.

Usable materials -Plastic, resin, wood and non-ferrous metals

XYZ-Axis travel - 500mm (X) x 400mm (Y) x 155mm (Z)

Positioning accuracy - +/-0.1mm/300mm, under no-load conditions

Repeat accuracy - +/-0.05mm, under no-load conditions

Spindle speed - 400 - 12,000 rpm

Usable material - Modeling Wax, Chemical Wood, Foam, Acrylic, Poly acetate, ABS, PC board

XYZ-Axis travel - 203.2mm (X) x 152.4mm (Y) x 60.5mm (Z)

Software Resolution - 0.01 mm/step (RML-1), 0.001mm/step (NC code)

Mechanical Resolution - 0.000998594 mm/step

Spindle Speed - Adjustable 3,000 – 7,000 rpm