Cnc Drag Knife Diy

Drag knife cutter for the cnc machine and a cardboard plane.

Cnc drag knife diy. Build a drag knife for your cnc router or mill cnccookbook. Diy cutting tool vectric g code. Drag knife for homemade cnc router. The plans are only 5 but they do require a lot of work to create the toolpaths needed to make the knife.

D1 d3 drag knife for cnc routers. I was researching cnc drag knifes when i came across the grunblau drag knife plans. Tangencial cnc knife mach3 drag knife. Unfortunately the drag knife blades for cnc routers are pricey over 100 for a single blade.

Drag knife components as you can see it s pretty simple and would be pretty easy to build. With flat sheets you might use one to create some custom packaging for some product for example or at least to prototype the. Be a better cnc er. Drag knifes are really handy for cutting soft materials like vinyl cardboard mat board foam wood veneer leather and many others.

Our d1 d3 drag knives are optimized for detailed work in thinner materials with a depth of cut from 0 010 in. While i cant give you any derived drawings or gcode files i can share the what i did to make the drag knife. Commercial drag knifes are readily made but can be a bit expensive for the hobbyist. Drag knife by grunblau here it is broken down into component parts.

Brian at the grunblau design studio took the price point as a challenge to build his own end. Making a drag knife after brian oltrogge plans. Radius are possible with these tools.