LA RUSTICA

CNC foam cutting machine

"or to do a lot with a few"
Jean-Pierre Bouchy’s work with ideas from Didier Lanot, Jean Claude Requet, Michel Maury and Jean
Francois Pion. Presanted by Gérard Prat, Laurent Chef, Olivier Segouin, Daren Anguelkov.

Specification
This machine is simple to make, inexpensive,
removable and transportable.

The cut workbench can be constitued by any kind of support :

- kitchen table,
- unhinge door
- plate on trestles
Materials (from any good “do it your self” stores) :
- 19 mm fiberboard
- M6 screwed rods
- screws, nuts...

Need information ? Try here : http://www.teaser.fr/~osegouin/

Webmaster: Olivier Segouin

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 X axis rack stepper side
20mm diameter steel tube
X axis carriage guiding
158mm
6mm screwed rod
X axis carriage drive

Durite Top orifice for

6mm screwed rod
Top view

19mm
6mm screwed rod 30mm

6mm Stepper
thrust washer motor
6mm nut

6mm screwed rod for

30mm
fixation on cutting table
Side view 6mm fly-nut
6mm thrust washer

158mm

30mm
44mm
Fiberboard 19mm
30mm

Fiberboard 19mm 20mm

157mm
44mm
157mm

97mm

6mm thrust
washer
6mm nut
Only in opposit side of stepper motor,
10mm hole for easy fixing the X carriage
driven nut

Stepper
motor Hole for nut insert
28mm
for box-beamed ruler
dia. 10mm mount with screw
67mm
44.5mm

dia. 6mm
44mm
30mm

28mm
30mm
23mm

Opposit side (without stepper)

Box-beamed
the hole had 8mm diameter
aluminium ruler

100mm

Hole for nut insert

Stepper for box-beamed ruler
Bottom view motor
mount with screw
19mm

6mm screwed rod

Fiberboard 19mm
20mm

20mm diameter steel tube 84mm

X axis carriage guiding
6mm screwed rod
X axis carriage drive

158mm DAN 22/10/2001

 X axis medium rack

19mm
Top view
30mm

Side view

117mm

30mm
Fiberboard 19mm

30mm
127mm

20mm
Fiberboard 19mm
157mm

44mm
97mm
7mm

44mm
21mm
30mm
30mm

Box-beamed
aluminium ruler

100mm
Bottom view
19mm

Fiberboard 19mm
20mm

84mm
DAN 22/10/2001
 130mm

X carriage 20mm 55mm 35mm 20mm

Side view

30mm
Dimensions

Dimensions of La Rustica are in Fiberboard 19mm

Screwed rod 6mm

accordance to :
- length of box-beamed aluminium ruler 40mm

9.5mm
- length of steel tube
- length of screwed rod. Dia.5mm
The standard dimensions are :
- 1000mm for X axis

31mm
- 500mm for Y axis

55mm

Steel tube
10mm
Dia.8 or 9mm
according to rubber hose
diameter
Fiberboard 10mm Fiberboard 19mm

30mm
Screw 4mm

19mm
Fiberboard 19mm
Rubber hose 10mm aluminium angle bar
Fiberboard

Stepper

bracket
Steel tube 20mm dia.
10mm

Angle
Motor

Cutted coupling 6mm screwed rod

sleeve nut or long nut Ball bearing 16x5mm
Long
nut

Box-beamed aluminium ruler

DAN 22/10/2001
 X carriage
Front view

A B
Top view Top view

20mm

6mm screwed rod

dia. 10mm dia. 10mm
10mm
steel tube
Cut-out for
Fiberboard 19mm

Fiberboard 19mm

tigghtening steel tubes 19 mm

30mm
55mm

B
130mm

dia. 10mm dia. 8mm

35mm

dia. 10mm dia. 10mm

20mm

19 mm
19 mm 19 mm 47mm
A
157mm

Fiberboard 19mm
19mm

67mm

14mm 10mm aluminium angle bar

Ball bearing
16x5mm
Stepper Fixing angle Angle
motor bracket with
Steel bracket
42mm

wood screw
tube axis
dia. 20mm

28mm

Ball bearing 16x5mm

Box-beamed aluminium ruler

100mm DAN 22/10/2001

 X carriage
Bottom view 157mm

Fiberboard 19mm Angle

20mm
dia. 10mm bracket

35mm
Stepper
motor
10mm aluminium angle bar

dia. 10mm
130mm

10mm aluminium angle bar

Ball bearing 16x5mm

55mm
Ball bearing 16x5mm

Angle

20mm
dia. 10mm

bracket

14mm 16mm 16mm 64mm 47mm

DAN 22/10/2001
 Y carriage
130mm
40mm 90mm

Side view

Indentation for
8mm hot wire
Rubber
12mm hose

40mm
12mm
20mm
8mm Epoxy plate 2mm 5mm

Ball bearing 16x5mm

Cutted coupling
sleeve nut or long nut

Top view 20mm 35mm 55mm 20mm

Indentation for
hot wire

15mm
11mm
Ply 5mm

Epoxy plate 2mm

Ball bearing 16x5mm
13mm

13mm
7mm

7mm

8mm Oblong hole for tunning

ball bearing pressure on
dia.5mm guidance steel tube
12mm
40mm

environ 5x7mm
12mm dia.5mm

8mm Epoxy plate 2mm 5mm

40mm 90mm

8mm

dia.5mm
40mm

12mm near 5x7mm 10mm

5mm 58mm
12mm
dia.5mm 20mm
8mm Epoxy plate 2mm
13mm

13mm
7mm

7mm

Indentation for
hot wire DAN 22/10/2001
 Cuting bow
R
us rc
tic' A
Untight bow
Aluminium square section
10x10x1mm
Aluminium U section 10x15x1mm Insulating sleeve

500mm

70˚ at 80˚

Tight bow

Attaching wire
by pigtail
Inox wire or piano wire from 15 to 30/100
(inox : fishing accessories)

2 or 3mm
hole

Not in contact !
Insulating sleeve
or other insulating Ply 2mm or epoxy plate

M3 screw

Soldering lug for

supply of wiring cut

Gérard PRAT /DAN/22/10/01