Hi yall. It’s been a little while since I’ve been in. What size bit can the wood cnc routing table go down to? I’m determining the radii of corners and whether or not to drill screw holes on assembly or just program them into the mill.
Also if I have the design modeled, how do I translate it into g-code for the machine?
Picture of what I’m working on:
(Looking to cut the holes out of brown plywood on the cnc router)
Thanks! Jake
Many will recommend Fusion 360, TinkerCAD, Easel, etc.
But I’ll recommend the CAM workbench in FreeCAD, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
The new 1.1 version should be released soon (October?)
Ok, I can redesign in Fusion for sure. Can I use a 1/8 bit or should I go with a 1/4? I don’t recall what size bits the shop bot have
I would recommend 1/4, but you should find collets there to hold 3/16 and 1/8 also.
Excellent, thank you Kim!
I know we have 1/4" and 1/2" collets. There might be a 3/8" but I wouldn’t bet on it. You may be able to use a 1/4" shank 1/8" tool. I would be surprised if there is a 3/16" collet.
Depending on what cad program you are using, you may be able to export a file that will import into fusion. You may already have a post processor for Linux cnc, too. What are you using?
What is “brown plywood”?
Haha brown plywood was just an indication to the screenshot I shared, maybe I should have said brown panels.
1/4 should work just fine with a little adjustment to my design. I built this one in solidworks makers but I can try to migrate the model file to fusion soon.
