On Wednesday 05 April 2017 05:02:37 andy pugh wrote: > On 5 April 2017 at 03:29, Ralph Stirling <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just wish there was an open source CAM tool of equal > > sophistication for CNC work... > > Unfortunately Autodesk have rather taken the wind out of the sails of > the open-source CAD / CAM projects. > Fusion 360 (Windows and Mac only) is (at the moment) zero cost to > hobbyists and offers very good CAD and excellent CAM.
And I have neither windows nor Mac's at my place. So autodesk isn't visible on my horizon. > I can't help expecting Autodesk to wait until everyone is committed to > their offering then "turning evil" and starting to charge. As sketchup has now done, and as M$ has always done. I presume it currently phones home for auth to run? As far as librecad goes, one could build a base outline with mount tabs, then the hollowing out part as a separate pattern wrapped in a depth increment, then turn it over and do the outside. So it could be used as 3d with multiple runs. But that would be a huge waste in worn tooling without a mister and in cubic alu thrown in the trash. I can't see that as a worthwhile project even if I did have a block of carveable alu that big. So the printed plastic part is looking more attractive all the time. Has anyone any thin brass sheet? I need about a 3" x 4" piece about 9 thou thick. I can finish up sealing the crossfeed ball screw trench behind the crossfeed when its run inward, exposing that trench in the saddle by putting a felt swarf wiper on the rear of the crossfeed slider, and slipping a sheet of brass under the slider until it hits the nut carrier when its backed all the way out, covering at least an inch of open trench. A .010 feeler blade just fits under the rear edge of the crossfeed slider. Gotta go fix my lady something for breakfast. Pester folks again later. :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
