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« on: January 08, 2022, 09:59:25 PM »
my cnc machine arrived :) like lego for big boys haha
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Re: cnc
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2022, 07:46:33 AM »
My son is in a STEM school and they have a lab dedicated to CNC, 3D printers, and other cool fabrication stuff.  He hasn't done much with it yet but I'm jealous. 

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Re: cnc
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2022, 11:54:02 AM »
this thing is made up of a 1000 pieces! I guess that is why it is relatively inexpensive because you are assembling EVERYTHING shy of the motors. I went with the Inventibles X- Carve https://www.inventables.com/technologies/x-carve


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Re: cnc
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2022, 12:02:42 AM »
Whatcha gonna make?

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Re: cnc
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2022, 01:18:31 AM »
Whatcha gonna make?

Not sure yet :p but the idea is to get a creative outlet and another side hustle going with it.
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Re: cnc
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2022, 09:26:52 AM »
Mine's out of commission at the moment (packed into a box when I moved house)

Had lots of fun making clocks with it though. Photos and videos here...

https://www.instagram.com/woodthisworkuk/

Hardest thing was learning some cad and cam.

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Re: cnc
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2022, 11:21:08 AM »
Good lookin stuff in there! 

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Re: cnc
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2022, 11:25:47 PM »
Rob, those are awesome! do you have a picture of how the honeycomb final project turned out?

Hardest thing was learning some cad and cam.

I have not done cad since high school! the CNC I got comes with software - from what I researched, it is pretty decent - I'll be playing around with it shortly
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Re: cnc
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2022, 08:11:42 AM »
Rob, those are awesome! do you have a picture of how the honeycomb final project turned out?


Thanks Jake. Unfortunately when I tried to machine the honeycomb my CNC skipped and messed it up so it finished up in the trash :(

Have fun with yours, and post some pictures!