Based on my research that should make for a fine epoxy granite base.
Cnc granite epoxy.
Its a 1200kg weighing machine made out of epoxy granite.
17mm basalt rock 12mm marble 6mm quartz rock and sand.
Diy epoxy granite cnc milling machine mold for the bridge part1 step two mixing the epoxy and some different sized rock preferably basalt.
The internal skeleton or what the cnc machine will be bolted to is assembled inside the mold and.
The only machines use.
Our casting is greenish because we mix everything we could find in different grain size.
Epoxy granite vertical cnc mill.
As far as time and money goes when you add in all the equipment it comes out cheaper than an aluminum casting.
Here is the 3d model which i used to build my diy vmc.
Mostly time laps recording of the build process of a little epoxy granite router.
Feb 24 2020 explore dfrank s board epoxy granite cnc ideas on pinterest.
The epoxy granite is then poured around the aluminum skeleton to form the complete machine base.
Epoxy granite is an overlooked material when it comes to making home cnc builds.
Epoxy granite filling a mill for vibration dampening and rigidity filling the machine castings with epoxy granite with epoxy granite sometimes also called polymer concrete has been a time honored tradition of some of the finest machine tool manufacturers such as hardinge with their proprietary harcrete and others.
The aluminum reference surfaces are all joined by an internal aluminum skeleton frame.
However the epoxy granite material fills in all of the rest of the space providing the vibration damping and also looking pretty good.
All done in my garage with a very basic set of tools.
With the correct formula for epoxy granite adam set up his mold and waxed everything liberally.
And here are some interesting build pix.