haha, I've been working late too yesterday night : https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-keo2MkB69ag/Up3ISYSF3nI/AAAAAAAAD4U/nENoNHijUeI/s640/IMG_20131202_204554.jpg One the picture you can see how I position the cores on my table : dowels through the core and into the vacuum table (re-using the vacuum...

The Z-Zero touch plate is sooo easy to do : a blank PCB board, couple meters of wire -» done !
I've set up a button on the gamepad to switch from continuous to step-by-step modes...

To control the CNC from around the machine I have a cheap USB gamepad + "KeyGrabber" (comes with Mach3 I believe) to assign actions to the different buttons / sticks in Mach3... works great !

To control the CNC from around the machine I have a cheap USB gamepad + "KeyGrabber" (comes with Mach3 I believe) to assign actions to the different buttons / sticks in Mach3... works great !

To control the CNC from around the machine I have a cheap USB gamepad + "KeyGrabber" (comes with Mach3 I believe) to assign actions to the different buttons / sticks in Mach3... works great !

MontuckyMadman -» POS = ?? sorry again but English's not my first language so all those "acronyms" take me some time (and confusion) to understand... I would not want to miss a very useful contribution of yours. thanks. HeadMonkey -» All very valid points. I'm not convinced about the "...

looking at it right now :p http://blog.pensanyc.com/tagged/diwire I'm still unsure on how they bend long smooth radii (I'm not done with all their videos...) : do they set the bending pin at the right angle and feed the whole arc length, or do they feed 5mm -» bend -» retract -» feed 5mm -» bend -» ...

those are very nice anyways ! congrats ! I love the topsheet design !

Falls -» Yes to all you've said, running it as if it was a router is the idea behind my thoughts... that's why I'm trying to get an X and Y axis :) I have to investigate on the "Pensa" way of doing it. I'm also with you on my test file, it's been designed with circles so it would be easier...

This Pensa DIWire bender has been on my reference list for a while, I think it's a great design but it needs some modifications to be used with edge material : - get rid of the Z axis and maybe the solenoid - replace the bending pin with a roller with a groove (not sure of the groove but it could be...

I do have this pipe bender, that was my first tool to bend the edges and I still use it sometimes. For a CNC I think it would be a nice starting point if mixed with the concept of your video : 2 fixed rollers (fixed position but they can spin of course), and the last one being mobile. Actually on ni...

Yes that's a concern I have too.
I think one way to greatly reduce the chance of slippage is to have a good "drive" : rubber rollers one each side of the edge material (top and bottom for more surface contact) + driven "bending" rollers should help a lot.

the only issue I see with ignoring the side cut is the overall length maybe effected when the curve is not taken into consideration. so the total edge may be "short" That's why I'm measuring my length along the edge (curve) and not just a straight line between the tips, the sidecut won't ...

OK here's a start : Here's an Excel file I made : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-sIqK6cg6i9Q1ZuV2hCS2lFT2M/edit?usp=sharing Basically my idea is to feed the machine with 2 info (2 axis), the X axis would be the position along the edge, Y axis would be the radius the edge has to be bent to. So in...

Your help is needed here, thanks for contributing ! I've been thinking about a CNC edge bender for a while, I do have an idea on what I would do but I believe this could be taken to an all new level by making it a community project rather than a personal thing. I will be sharing some ideas here, I j...