Bud Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 24"X24" bed. Bigger than a desktop, smaller than a Shop Bot. Anyone else here doing CNC? Link to comment
Quinn Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Where do you get templates to run? Or is the software easy enough to do your own designs? ----- Link to comment
Bud Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Using VCarve Pro. Very easy to use for easy stuff. Very powerful features that I most likely will never exhaust. Here is a sample of some things it can do. CNC projects CNC inlay CNC sign Limited only by your imagination. Link to comment
Ohio48 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 24"X24" bed. Bigger than a desktop, smaller than a Shop Bot. Anyone else here doing CNC? Been doing CNC since 1980!!! Link to comment
Bud Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Yours is most likely bigger than mine. Link to comment
kmac Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Limited only by your imagination. And the correct cutter heads/tooling? lol Link to comment
Bud Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Limited only by your imagination. And the correct cutter heads/tooling? lol Oh yah, that also. And a pretty thick wallet doesn't hurt either. Link to comment
kmac Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Why can't someone who lives near me have a garage CAD CNC and all the other cool stuff I do not have. Actually I am sure many do. I just don't know them. Link to comment
Bud Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Why can't someone who lives near me have a garage CAD CNC and all the other cool stuff I do not have. Actually I am sure many do. I just don't know them. I'm not that far away, come on over and play in my wood shop. Link to comment
Quinn Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I think it would be fun to make Celtic knot lightswitch plates. Maybe Celtic knot door harps. ------ Link to comment
kmac Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 HA HA HA Bud...what is a 2000+ mile ride. Only a BMW site would suggest "running on over" to Illinois from Southern California. Link to comment
Quinn Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Great idea. Here's a simple layout for designing a Celtic knot; the second half of the video could easily be modified for a light switch openning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O_0yegDdIw ----- Link to comment
Bud Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Well, close is a relative term. Yes, we are a little off kilter when it comes to mileage. Link to comment
Bud Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Great idea. Here's a simple layout for designing a Celtic knot; the second half of the video could easily be modified for a light switch openning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O_0yegDdIw ----- That is one way to make one. CNC folks seem to be more into this: http://www.vectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14128&hilit=celtic+knot Link to comment
LJR Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Who makes the unit you have? Larry Link to comment
Bud Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 The CAD program is vcarve-pro The CAM program is Mach 3 The CNC machine is built by Geometric-Robotics In addition to the above you need a PC to run it, a power supply, a breakout/motion control board and misc. cables. The frame of the machine is 80/20 aluminum extrusions, which are like an adult erector set that can be used for many different things. The rails are solid steel, the bearings are enclosed recirculating and the drive screws are ball screws. There are many people building their own, google home made cnc machines, lots of you tube videos, web sites galore. There are many commercial machines available from small desk top to ones that have a 4' X 8' bed. The most popular is Shopbot Hope this helps. Link to comment
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