Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-28 Thread R C
actually,  I have been told there are combinations of parts produced  those ways too. It definitely is interesting. On 3/28/20 9:21 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: I don't think so. Form Labs, one of the big makers of resin printers call their products "3D Printers". The term 3D Print

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-28 Thread Chris Albertson
I don't think so. Form Labs, one of the big makers of resin printers call their products "3D Printers". The term 3D Print means more than just FDM printing. This is now widely used to make "real" parts The fuel injectors in the SpaceX rockets are printed. "Printed" is the most common term

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread Phill Carter
> On 27 Mar 2020, at 2:16 am, R C 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

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread R C
I figured something like that... On 3/26/20 1:34 PM, Bari wrote: Additive manufacturing is a blanket term as was 3D printing. The term 3D printing also used to be a blanket term until it was hijacked by the media and marketers to only mean CNC glue gun types of 3D printers aka FDM/FFF. On

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread Bari
Additive manufacturing is a blanket term as was 3D printing. The term 3D printing also used to be a blanket term until it was hijacked by the media and marketers to only mean CNC glue gun types of 3D printers aka FDM/FFF. On 3/26/20 10:17 AM, R C wrote: 3D printing is called "Additive

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread R C
On 3/26/20 12:45 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: 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

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread R C
that's what a famous ancient sculptur used to say.   The scupture is already in there, I just remove the pieces that are not sculpture. On 3/26/20 11:14 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: For years when someone has asked "What do you make?" my answer has been "chips". You just get the raw material

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread R C
On 3/26/20 10:33 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 8:19 AM R C 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

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread Gene Heskett
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

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread Stuart Stevenson
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 wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 8:19 AM R C wrote: > > > Hello group/list, > > > > >

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread Chris Albertson
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 8:19 AM R C 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... > >

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread Ken Strauss
> -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 11:21 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology > > On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 15:19, R C wrote: > > > to make it

Re: [Emc-users] CNC terminology

2020-03-26 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 at 15:19, R C wrote: > to make it sound better, maybe we should start calling CNC machining > "Subtractive Manufacturing", or has that already happened? It has already happened, to an extent. 3D printing is CNC after all, it even uses G-code[1]. So the distinction is