On Thursday 26 March 2020 13:14:45 Stuart Stevenson wrote: > 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.
Simple concept. Rather like the sculptor standing next to 30ton block of granite saying he's removing anything that doesn't look like an elephant. > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 11:35 AM Chris Albertson > <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> > > wrote:1 > > 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 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) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
