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I spend about half of my time writing CAM software, and the other half doing product development for a bunch of companies. Usually my prototypes are one-off, sometimes I have to make lots of them. I happen to be in the middle of just such a project- I need to make about 50 of these: Continue reading Casting Lots of Small Parts
This is a very quick introduction to D2NC, the CAM program I use to convert DXF files into G-code for my mini-mill. It also does conversational CNC programing and it has a “Shape Description Language” for creating shapes and tool paths. D2NC only costs $79, which seems pretty inexpensive for a good Continue reading CAM program D2NC’s new features StickFont v1.1 is a free Windows program you can use to create single-stroke text for engraving. It’s very similar to another free program we’ve written about called DeskEngrave. Both programs will take a line of text and generate the g-code you’ll need to engrave it using a CNC mill, router or similar machine. Continue reading StickFont – Free software for engraving Would anyone like to volunteer to write a review of a new free 2D CAD program called Draftsight? It looks intriguing but I don’t have time to write one myself. I’m also not a very experienced CAD user and I would like to hear the opinion of someone who is. I did take a quick Continue reading Wanted: A review of Draftsight, a new free 2D CAD program |
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