Hi all,
I’ve been interested in wanting to learn more about cnc and possibly building my own cnc table in the near future. I have a manual routing table that I bit that works well. I’ve used it to rout out the nose and tail on some core profiles but I do believe I can be more precise with my work. I’d like to use this for core shape and profile. I have done some research but I’m not too sure where to start or what software I should use. I am taking an online course currently for auto cad so I’m pretty familiar with making precise drawings. I could probably convert my manual table into cnc without to much being that it’s half complete. So anyways, what are some suggestions and what do you guys use for making profiles?
CNC for beginner
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Re: CNC for beginner
In fact you need to find a SW that fits you. I did try different CAM SW, some were at one point to easy/minimalistic (MeshCam) some way too powerful to use it only from time to time (cause i forgot half of the workflow). I like AutoCad for 2D drawings but didnt use it for 3D. So i have a complicated workflow: AutoCad 2D -> Rhino 3D -> CAM Prozessor -> outdated machine control SW
Check out Fusion, it seems to be still free enough to do all together, but be warned, they can change the License any day and leave you stranded....
HW wise check out Monkeys CNC, he stated for a small ski related project the following wise words: X (length) precision is not so important, same for Y (width). But you want to get a good Z precision for profiling the core. Finally it boils down to one thing: How much bucks you wanna spend. You get what you pay for
P.S. if you cnc just wood or other soft materials its much more easy, if youre heading into aluminium its a different story of stiffness, resonance and so on. Steel we dont even talk about here
Check out Fusion, it seems to be still free enough to do all together, but be warned, they can change the License any day and leave you stranded....
HW wise check out Monkeys CNC, he stated for a small ski related project the following wise words: X (length) precision is not so important, same for Y (width). But you want to get a good Z precision for profiling the core. Finally it boils down to one thing: How much bucks you wanna spend. You get what you pay for
P.S. if you cnc just wood or other soft materials its much more easy, if youre heading into aluminium its a different story of stiffness, resonance and so on. Steel we dont even talk about here
Tom