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Download the trial version and play around with it to learn once you get the paid version the trial designs will work.
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Paul, I did not take your response wrong, everything is fine. So lets clear the air. I am 76 and I am a retired Tool and Die Maker. I am also a mold Maker. I prefer Die making but have built 4 special machine for industry. The special machines used PLCs ( programable logic controllers ) instead of Full CNCs. The difference being the operator can not access the program. Robotics is a place where they are used, as well as on assembly line. production like transfer lines.. Therefore building the machine is not the problem, neither would putting one together be.
Because of my age, my short term memory makes learning a little more difficult. My daughter used to design web pages and now is a matai media media specialist and I am trying to get her up to my house to set me up with duel screen so I can work on one while having the tutorial page open. She has a distance to come so life get in the way. And I have found that everyone is equipped to live in their own generation and cad programming is not my generation.
I do not plan on producing anything to sell but I ways wanted to build a Cherry High Boy. And a CNC would make the carved clam shell quite well.
As far as being made out of wood. Bob is a mechanical engineer, who started in his garage and now is in a large building and has 8 employees. One doesn't have that kind of a web page and so on if the product won't do what it is supposed to do. The ways on all three axis's are steel rods so the only questionable part is the bridge. So I will let you know in about a year what I think about the machine.
In the mean time I hope to be learning some software. Fusion 360 has free software. I believe the place I work part time uses it also. I even got the address from the vise president. V carve has some free software also.
Anyway thank you for the information that you supplied. You have come up with some great suggestions I would never even thought of.
Tom
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(02-16-2022, 04:00 PM)tablesawtom Wrote: Paul, I did not take your response wrong, everything is fine. So lets clear the air. I am 76 and I am a retired Tool and Die Maker. I am also a mold Maker. I prefer Die making but have built 4 special machine for industry. The special machines used PLCs ( programable logic controllers ) instead of Full CNCs. The difference being the operator can not access the program. Robotics is a place where they are used, as well as on assembly line. production like transfer lines.. Therefore building the machine is not the problem, neither would putting one together be.
Because of my age, my short term memory makes learning a little more difficult. My daughter used to design web pages and now is a matai media media specialist and I am trying to get her up to my house to set me up with duel screen so I can work on one while having the tutorial page open. She has a distance to come so life get in the way. And I have found that everyone is equipped to live in their own generation and cad programming is not my generation.
I do not plan on producing anything to sell but I ways wanted to build a Cherry High Boy. And a CNC would make the carved clam shell quite well.
As far as being made out of wood. Bob is a mechanical engineer, who started in his garage and now is in a large building and has 8 employees. One doesn't have that kind of a web page and so on if the product won't do what it is supposed to do. The ways on all three axis's are steel rods so the only questionable part is the bridge. So I will let you know in about a year what I think about the machine.
In the mean time I hope to be learning some software. Fusion 360 has free software. I believe the place I work part time uses it also. I even got the address from the vise president. V carve has some free software also.
Anyway thank you for the information that you supplied. You have come up with some great suggestions I would never even thought of.
Tom
All of Vectric's software can be downloaded for free, with unlimited use, you just can't generate G code to actually machine anything. VCarve is simple compared to Fusion 360. Try them both for free. Go from there.
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I am leaning toward V carve. and free while learning isn't half bad. I am not going to get in the shop until the end of march. At least I can work toward at something I love in the mean time.
Tom
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(02-16-2022, 10:19 PM)jteneyck Wrote: All of Vectric's software can be downloaded for free, with unlimited use, you just can't generate G code to actually machine anything. VCarve is simple compared to Fusion 360. Try them both for free. Go from there.
John
This is not for everybody, but you can use a service like "PayPal Credit" to purchase the Vectric software. This allows for 6 months same as cash. But you have to be absolutely sure you pay it off in time so you don't get smashed with the back interest. Of course not everybody is comfortable with such mechaniations.
Also, Vectric allows for upgrades costing only the difference. So if you start out with VcarveDesktop and decide 3 months later that Aspire is the way to go, it only costs the difference between the two to upgrade.
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. -- G. Carlin
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(02-17-2022, 08:14 AM)tablesawtom Wrote: I am leaning toward V carve. and free while learning isn't half bad. I am not going to get in the shop until the end of march. At least I can work toward at something I love in the mean time.
Tom
Go with this route and get familiar with Vectric's YouTube channel. They have good detail in all their demonstration videos, focusing on only one or two topics per video.
A couple of other YouTube channels have been mentioned, Mark Lindsey's and Garrett Fromme's are good. But you do have to get past a bit of proselytizing about hardware and philosophy.
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. -- G. Carlin
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You can follow along with their tutorials that are very good
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I have kind of checked out Vcarve and I do not think it will be to bad a learning curve.
Thank all of you for your help .
Tom
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(02-21-2022, 04:07 PM)tablesawtom Wrote: I have kind of checked out Vcarve and I do not think it will be to bad a learning curve.
Thank all of you for your help .
Tom
The hardest part after you learn to design is the tool pathing and bit selection. always remember that a screaming bit is a hunger bit and you have to slow the RPMs or speed up the feed rate. That will save a lot of burned bits and material. remember that the heat should be in the chips not the bit
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TablesawTom, a high boy is on my bucket list too.
If I ever get around to it, I would probably cut the cabriole legs on the CNC too