Repair a ShopBot Desktop CNC

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1 Introduction and problems

  After a few years of research and a bit of shopping I managed to find a used ShopBot Desktop CNC on Ebay. The seller told me it was 4 or 5 years ...

2 Discover root cause

The first thing I checked was the motor mount and the anti-backlash nut. To do this I removed the spoil board and the floor. I found a large amount...

3 Repairs

  A trip to the hardware store got me the bolts I needed. Reinstalling them was pretty straightforward.    The rails & bearings took a little over ...

4 Reassembly

 With the system running correctly, the next step is to reinstall the floor. [image.png] The floor is a set of extrusions. A narrow one goes at th...