H5 controller
CNC and electronic lead screw controller based on ESP32-S3 that supports up to 3 axes:
- Lots of lathe-specific modes: threading, cones, parting, etc.
- WiFi, GCode and lathecode support
- Inexpensive and easy to make yourself
- External PS2 keyboard
- High resolution touch screen
- More ports: joystick, MPGs, scales
See GitHub for hardware files, software and assembly
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Concrete lathe
Free and open-source metal lathe design where we print the forms using a 3D printer, fill them with concrete or other suitable mix, post-process the parts with sanding and assemble a CNC-ready lathe together using off-the-shelf parts and a few custom CNCed pieces.
- 125mm chuck, MT5 spindle with 38mm through-hole
- 136mm cross-slide travel
- 80mm between cross-slide and centerline
- 300mm maximum turning diameter
- Any bed length, default 800mm with 600mm rails
- No backlash, double ball nut on Z
- 20mm/15mm linear rails, 16mm/12mm ball screws, NEMA23 motors
- Double row angular ball bearings
- Integrated spindle lock and magnet bed covers
- Manual operation and CNC with or without PC