Hai-Lee
Old and Bold RC PILOT
Please assist an old school technologist who lacks programming skills almost totally.
I have a CNC cutter in design process, (the mechanicals and electronics/electrics are easy to me BUT how to go from my plans which I produce in almost any format to the required code to operate the CNC cutter/milling machine is where the project falls down.
My hand skills are quite good and my ingenuity is also quite developed but I know when I do not know something, and whilst i have access to a plethora of tools including electric tools I do not have a 3D printer or even access to one. My income is meager, (a man with 7 children and 3 ex-wives never has much left unless he was an actor or a millionaire to start with. I am neither), So to decide to buy a 3D printer is a big decision especially when no one states the bed sizes required to print their latest great creation.
Currently I am planning to add a 3D printer head and a heated bed to the CNC machine I am designing along with a removable 4th axis for fuselage milling. Yes the bed is rather large, (not quite industrial but close). Whilst the cnc machine designs available both on the forum and across the internet are quite attractive there is a simple problem and that is the freight bill to land it in AUS where I live. HENCE the DIY approach. I found a smallish machine for around $400 in the US but the freight to AUS is an additional $800. See the problem!
Any help or advice on software and the conversion of plans to CNC code would be greatly appreciated!
Have fun!
I have a CNC cutter in design process, (the mechanicals and electronics/electrics are easy to me BUT how to go from my plans which I produce in almost any format to the required code to operate the CNC cutter/milling machine is where the project falls down.
My hand skills are quite good and my ingenuity is also quite developed but I know when I do not know something, and whilst i have access to a plethora of tools including electric tools I do not have a 3D printer or even access to one. My income is meager, (a man with 7 children and 3 ex-wives never has much left unless he was an actor or a millionaire to start with. I am neither), So to decide to buy a 3D printer is a big decision especially when no one states the bed sizes required to print their latest great creation.
Currently I am planning to add a 3D printer head and a heated bed to the CNC machine I am designing along with a removable 4th axis for fuselage milling. Yes the bed is rather large, (not quite industrial but close). Whilst the cnc machine designs available both on the forum and across the internet are quite attractive there is a simple problem and that is the freight bill to land it in AUS where I live. HENCE the DIY approach. I found a smallish machine for around $400 in the US but the freight to AUS is an additional $800. See the problem!
Any help or advice on software and the conversion of plans to CNC code would be greatly appreciated!
Have fun!
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