For years when someone has asked "What do you make?" my answer has been "chips". You just get the raw material and make chips out of everything that is not part.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 11:35 AM Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 8:19 AM R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello group/list, > > > > > > So I am at home most of the time, working from home, like most of us > > probably, but since I can't really do my job from home > > > > I have been directed to look into things like "Additive Manufacturing", > > g-codes etc etc... > > > > > > I was just thinking (ok ok .. I am bored...) But if terminology is > > buffed up and 3D printing is called "Additive Manufacturing" just > > > > to make it sound better, maybe we should start calling CNC machining > > "Subtractive Manufacturing", or has that already happened? > > > > Yes, that has already happend, years ago. What I would do to look into > 3D printing is buy one of the less then $200 printers and make parts. A > great project is maybe a robot or a small CNC machine tool made from > plastic parts. You learn best when you have a project that pushes your > skills just a little. > > You can also combine additive and subtrctive methods. for example print, a > part then treat it as casting and clean it up on a mill or lathe. Either > you need an expensive printer that can print metal or you print a mold in > plastic then sand cast it, then machine it. There is quite a lot to > exlore at the ntersection of adding and subtracting. Another is printing > fixtures for machining. Plastic works well for holding and clamping > odd-shape metal parts > > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
