Beginner Guide ?

Hi Scot,

I too would like to see a beginners guide,
how to cad
how to G-code
how to CNC
how to select steppers vs servos, and controllers
etc, etc....

But I think that is all found on this list albiet in lots of threads.
the home page has the links to most of that stuff too.

how about one of the el cheapo engravers (I've seen some under
$100.00) as a beginners package. you would need to do it all to be
able to etch you name in a piece of plastic. But you would have done
it once, and not wasted $$$$ on the wrong rails (hardended ones
without mounting holes from e-bay) the wrong steppers, 1 volt, 0.5
watt 7deg per step, etc..... too steep a gradient such as EMC on
Linux for a Windows user who has problems with solitare... for a
minimal investment.

Since all the CNC cutting is really variations of the same thing, X
and Y the newbie then only has to make it fit the final application,
but from some experiance.

Also, if such a project was done, the beginner would have a level of
knoledge that the group would know.

That said, where would one start ?
heck, the old floppy drive mill/engraver is a simple hardware
starting point. All the basics are there, and it's just scrounging
for some cheap parts.

software ???

am I off track with this ??

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Scot Rogers <scotr@b...> wrote:
> From someone that has fairly limited knowlege of cnc equipment and
> interfacing techniques, I think that a moderate size group of the
power
> users on this list could put out a solid beginner's guide.
>
> Funny thing is that the way that manufacturing is going right now,
I think
> it would sell. I could be biased, I really have a facination with
the
> stuff.
>
> Scot Rogers
>
>
> ~
> ~> So now I suppose you are working on the 'CNC for Dummies' that
Peter
> ~> Uhd requested ;)
> ~>
> ~
> ~I sure do hope so.......
> ~bill