Technical education emphasis more on practical aspects of education and laboratory environment is essential in this approach. Many new pedagogical techniques have been developed and implemented in engineering education; Problem Based Learning/Project Based Learning is one such technique. To accomplish this, a research project is undertaken to design and fabricate a low cost 3-axis CNC milling platform with considerable accuracy after testing various open source software/firmware. GRBL was selected for the current project being more accurate and user friendly interface.
The project was successfully developed aiming to own a simplified system by students as well as academia of schools and colleges of the developing countries enabling to produce the desired components and parts in shortest possible time while cutting down the exuberant costs.
Some of the key features of this project include:
- The accuracy range between 96 to 99.5% (Its varies according to the material),
- Rapid prototyping to materialize the manufacturing concepts, and
- Accessible to low budget schools, colleges and even individuals.