I’m currently looking at purchasing an Artisan and planning potential projects I can undertake. Some projects are fairly simple 3d printing. However, it’s the CNC that I’m more interested in. One project I’ve got on my list is a wooden storage unit. The plan would be to use the CNC like a CNC router to profile channels in a side so that shelves simply slot in place before I put any fixings in.
The size would be over that of the CNC bed does the Artisan have the ability pass larger lengths through. I appreciate its going to be multiple steps and maybe faster to use a traditional router. But at this point just trying to understand its capabilities.
I have an A350 with enclosure. I have taken the back off the enclosure to allow the project to extend out the front and back to get what I needed done. I don’t know if you can do that in the Artisan or not. But for what you need, the CNC is limited to 3.175 mm per pass. A 3/4” router bit will save you lots of time and just get it done easier and quicker.
You are not limited to 3.175mm bit. i use for example a 6mm collet and there you can insert up to 10 or 16mm bits (which is quite to big for the 200w spindle).
And yeah, you can also remove the Backplate of artisan enclosure and run big stuff with open door. But.. I would also do this with router
