Stream: show and tell

Topic: Roc on wood


view this post on Zulip Brian Hicks (Sep 30 2022 at 02:30):

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view this post on Zulip Brian Hicks (Sep 30 2022 at 02:30):

I’m learning to use the CNC router. I needed a SVG file to cut as a test. Guess what I had in my downloads folder? 

view this post on Zulip Brian Hicks (Sep 30 2022 at 02:31):

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view this post on Zulip Brian Hicks (Sep 30 2022 at 02:31):

It was supposed to connect all the shapes. I’m not sure why it didn’t. I think I needed to do a finishing pass, but when I tried, it actually drilled at the wrong depth and burned a hole in the wood. 

view this post on Zulip Brian Hicks (Sep 30 2022 at 02:31):

Usually when I use software wrong, I do not cause smoke. Very different.

view this post on Zulip Zeljko Nesic (Sep 30 2022 at 10:13):

Which CNC software were you using?

view this post on Zulip Brian Hicks (Sep 30 2022 at 11:53):

Easel, the web interface for the x-carve CNC machine

view this post on Zulip Brian Hicks (Sep 30 2022 at 11:58):

it can import gcode but I was just using their authoring stuff

view this post on Zulip Brendan Hansknecht (Sep 30 2022 at 14:14):

Fun stuff. I remember building an x carve at one point.


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