Research Project: Using The Right Bit For The Job
I started this post because I am coming to the end of the life of one of my end mill. I have burnt out the […]
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Main Electronics Finished
I have now finished the main electronics which including the on/off switch, emergency stop, and power supply operation button. These are now all embedded into […]
Learning FreeCAD Part 3: G-Code And The First Cut
And the results are in! The cut was made at a Feed rate of 100 mm/min (seen in the grbl file as the G Code […]
Learning FreeCAD Part 2: Modeling The Switch Housing
I have learnt alot, a hell of alot! Through the tutorials and basic tinkering with FreeCAD I have managed to get to creating a model […]
Learning CAD
I have been spending a few evenings with the FreeCAD manual working through the tutorials which I have been enjoying (especially the Lego brick tutorial […]
Supplying Power
It’s been a while! Well working in a cold workshop is not been at the top of my list and being back at work after […]
Enclosing The Electronics
I am getting to the point where I will be soon cutting material so I need to protect the delicate electronic components from dust especially […]
First Cut!
I made the first cuts with the CNC machine! This was in the form of two lines of holes 50mm apart on the pasteboard. Two […]
Setting The Max Axis Travel
I spent some time configuring the max length of travel for each or the axis’s using the following commands. Axis Command Description X $130=225.000 X […]