LA RUSTICA

CNC foam cutting machine

"or to do a lot with a few"
Jean-Pierre Bouchys work with ideas from Didier Lanot, Jean Claude Requet, Michel Maury and Jean
Francois Pion. Presanted by Grard 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...

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X axis rack stepper side

158mm

20mm diameter steel tube

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

Durite

Top view

6mm screwed rod

6mm
thrust washer
6mm nut

19mm

Top orifice for

6mm screwed rod

30mm
Stepper
motor

6mm screwed rod for

fixation on cutting table

Side view

30mm

6mm fly-nut
6mm thrust washer

30mm

158mm

44mm

Fiberboard 19mm

30mm

97mm

157mm

157mm

44mm

20mm

Fiberboard 19mm

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

for box-beamed ruler
mount with screw

28mm

dia. 6mm

Opposit side (without stepper)

the hole had 8mm diameter

30mm

44mm

30mm

28mm
23mm

44.5mm

dia. 10mm

67mm

Box-beamed
aluminium ruler

100mm

Bottom view

19mm

Hole for nut insert

for box-beamed ruler
mount with screw

Stepper
motor
6mm screwed rod

Fiberboard 19mm
20mm
20mm diameter steel tube
X axis carriage guiding

84mm
6mm screwed rod
X axis carriage drive

158mm

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Top view
30mm

19mm

X axis medium rack

Side view

30mm

117mm
Fiberboard 19mm

44mm

44mm

21mm

30mm

30mm

7mm

97mm

Fiberboard 19mm

20mm

127mm

157mm

30mm

Box-beamed
aluminium ruler

100mm
19mm

Bottom view
Fiberboard 19mm
20mm
84mm

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130mm

X carriage

20mm

55mm

35mm

20mm

30mm

Side view
Dimensions

Screwed rod 6mm

Fiberboard 19mm

Dia.8 or 9mm
according to rubber hose
diameter

Fiberboard 19mm
30mm

Fiberboard 10mm

Steel tube
10mm

Dia.5mm

55mm

9.5mm

40mm

31mm

Dimensions of La Rustica are in

accordance to :
- length of box-beamed aluminium ruler
- length of steel tube
- length of screwed rod.
The standard dimensions are :
- 1000mm for X axis
- 500mm for Y axis

19mm

Screw 4mm
Fiberboard 19mm

Cutted coupling
sleeve nut or long nut

10mm aluminium angle bar

Steel tube 20mm dia.

Stepper
Motor

Angle
bracket

Fiberboard
10mm

Rubber hose

6mm screwed rod

Ball bearing 16x5mm

Long
nut

Box-beamed aluminium ruler

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X carriage
Front view
B
Top view

20mm

A
Top view

6mm screwed rod

dia. 10mm

10mm
steel tube
19 mm
30mm

55mm

Fiberboard 19mm

Cut-out for
tigghtening steel tubes

B
130mm

Fiberboard 19mm

dia. 10mm

dia. 8mm

35mm

dia. 10mm

dia. 10mm

20mm

dia. 10mm

19 mm
19 mm

19 mm

47mm

Fiberboard 19mm

67mm
14mm

10mm aluminium angle bar

Ball bearing
16x5mm

42mm

Steel
tube axis
dia. 20mm

Stepper
motor

Fixing angle
bracket with
wood screw

19mm

157mm

Angle
bracket

28mm
Ball bearing 16x5mm

Box-beamed aluminium ruler

100mm

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X carriage
Bottom view

157mm
Fiberboard 19mm

Angle

Stepper
motor

Ball bearing 16x5mm

Ball bearing 16x5mm

dia. 10mm

Angle

20mm

10mm aluminium angle bar

dia. 10mm

55mm

10mm aluminium angle bar

bracket

35mm

130mm

20mm

dia. 10mm

bracket

14mm 16mm

16mm

64mm

47mm
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Y carriage
130mm
40mm

90mm

Side view
Indentation for
hot wire
Rubber
hose

40mm

8mm
12mm
12mm

20mm

8mm

5mm

Epoxy plate 2mm

Ball bearing 16x5mm

Cutted coupling
sleeve nut or long nut

Top view

20mm

35mm

55mm

20mm

11mm
15mm

Indentation for
hot wire

Ply 5mm

Ball bearing 16x5mm

7mm

13mm

13mm

7mm

Epoxy plate 2mm

Oblong hole for tunning

ball bearing pressure on
guidance steel tube

40mm

8mm
dia.5mm

12mm

environ 5x7mm

12mm

dia.5mm

8mm

Epoxy plate 2mm

40mm

5mm

90mm

dia.5mm

12mm

10mm

near 5x7mm

5mm

12mm

58mm

20mm

dia.5mm

8mm
7mm

13mm

13mm

Epoxy plate 2mm

7mm

40mm

8mm

Indentation for
hot wire

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Cuting bow
R
Untight bow

us

tic' A

rc

Aluminium square section

10x10x1mm
Insulating sleeve

Aluminium U section 10x15x1mm

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

Insulating sleeve
or other insulating

Not in contact !
Ply 2mm or epoxy plate

M3 screw

Soldering lug for

supply of wiring cut

Grard PRAT /DAN/22/10/01