MTM Snap, a Snap-Together CNC

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By John Baichtal
Posted 2011/05/29 @ 10:00 am
Category Arduino, Tools

The MTM Snap was designed by Jonathan Ward of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms. It costs about $500, runs off an Arduino, is CNCed out of HDPE, and can mill a 5″ x 3″ x 1.75″ area. Design files and BOM are available if you want to make your own. [Via the Arduino blog]

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13 Responses to MTM Snap, a Snap-Together CNC

M. "Shadyman" Lange on May 30th, 2011 at 12:33 am said:

I wonder how well it’d do for PCB milling

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- Anonymous on May 30th, 2011 at 12:58 am said:
  
  Follow the first link and they show it doing precisely (a pun!) that.
  
  Also, I think I would buy one of these. Someone commercialize/make a kit please.
  
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Shannon Larratt on May 30th, 2011 at 3:42 am said:

I am counting the days until WowWee or AirHogs or someone starts dumping these for $100 at Best Buy. I’m actually a little surprised it hasn’t happened yet.

Heck, make it $300 and sell it at ToysRUs as a thing that lets your kids make their own toys. It would sell like crazy.

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- migpics on May 30th, 2011 at 7:22 am said:
  
  Then ToysRUs wouldn’t sell any toys because you could just make them yourself and you’d have to change the name of the store to “Toys 4 U by U, not Us.”
  
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  helifino on June 9th, 2011 at 4:25 am said:
  
  Why not? The big toy makers have been selling toy making toys for decades…
  (http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/HotWheelsFactory.html for example)
  
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  helifino on June 9th, 2011 at 4:25 am said:
  
  Why not? The big toy makers have been selling toy making toys for decades…
  (http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/HotWheelsFactory.html for example)
  
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  helifino on June 9th, 2011 at 4:25 am said:
  
  Why not? The big toy makers have been selling toy making toys for decades…
  (http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/HotWheelsFactory.html for example)
  
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Anonymous on May 31st, 2011 at 2:38 pm said:

There is a $300 DIY CNC kit by Zen Toolworks that you can purchase from Amazon and is ready to assemble. Its work area is 7″ x 7″ (not sure about vertical). The kit has been out for quite a while and people seem to be satisfied with theirs. There are some YouTube videos too.

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- helifino on June 9th, 2011 at 5:01 am said:
  
  According to their website, 2″ in z.
  
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- helifino on June 9th, 2011 at 5:01 am said:
  
  According to their website, 2″ in z.
  
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- helifino on June 9th, 2011 at 5:01 am said:
  
  According to their website, 2″ in z.
  
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- helifino on June 9th, 2011 at 5:01 am said:
  
  According to their website, 2″ in z.
  
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Steve Gossett on May 31st, 2011 at 3:24 pm said:

So according to the available plans, the following makes up the bulk of the pricing which is why it is $500 – otherwise it would be like $150 or so?

leadscrew 1/4″-20 2:1 6′ stainless 1 x 123.98
leadscrew nut 1/4″ – 20 2:1 wear compensating 3 x 23.97
Nema 17 stepper motor 3 x 20.95

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