Diy Cnc Drag Knife

Next you are going to want to make sure that the thrust device is located on the top of the drag knife.

Diy cnc drag knife.

Donek founder sean martin invented the donek drag knife to cut graphics for the custom snow boards he was making on his shopbot cnc router. The other end of the spring is going to go to the router bit. Get our latest blog posts delivered straight to your email inbox once a week for free. But this one is quite unique especially if you are contemplating making your own.

Drag knife components as you can see it s pretty simple and would be pretty easy to build. Insert the drag knife into the holder that you just built on your 3d printer. This particular knife is based on a set of plans sold by grunblau. Drag knife by grunblau here it is broken down into component parts.

The plans are only 5 but they do require a lot of work to create the toolpaths needed to make the knife. Unfortunately the drag knife blades for cnc routers are pricey over 100 for a single blade. Hi folks just thought i would do a post on my trial and errors of making a drag knife i know this subject has been covered many times before on a lot of media platforms. Drag knife for cnc router the donek tools drag knife can be used to cut almost anything you would cut with a utility knife but with the speed and precision of a cnc router.

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. I recently came across a great cnczone post for this drag knife. This will hold the spring on this end.

I was researching cnc drag knifes when i came across the grunblau drag knife plans. I did a write up on making this drag knife here. Brian at the grunblau design studio took the price point as a challenge to build his own. Like what you read on cnccookbook.

It like the donek knife is designed to hold a box cutter blade.