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On 03/06/2015 12:28, Gerrit Niezen wrote:<br>
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<div class="">Dave: Thanks for the link to the Youtube videos,
they’re now on my to-watch list. I should probably have
mentioned that I’m specifically looking for decent open-source
software - for closed-source stuff I’d probably use Fusion 360.</div>
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I came across a different video from them a few days ago and did
similar.<br>
PyCAM is supposed to offer that level of features, but is very slow
and crashey when you want to be that fancy, it uses ungodly amounts
of ram.<br>
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<div class="">Tim/Justin: I tried generating the toolpaths using
the demo model loaded on PyCAM - it took 6 hours on my Ubuntu
box (but at least didn’t crash). I wish Heeks had a better UI.</div>
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The Heeks UI really is its downfall, I have generated 3D gcode in
Heeks before though so I can show you how to do it if you want. The
other disadvantage is is that it doesn't do multi passes, although
you can to a certain extend get similar results with a bit of work
and setting abusing.<br>
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<div class="">Suggestions for buying end mills - eBay?</div>
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My 6mm, 1mm and 0.5mm ones came from aliexpress<br>
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<div class="">There is a 30 day demo of
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<div class="">No idea what the cost is, hopefully,
for now at least, the 30 day demo will help you
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<div class="">Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] 3D
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<div class="PlainText">On Tue, 2015-06-02 at 16:46
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> What can I use to mill 3D shapes on the CNC
mill? Looking at the<br class="">
> hackspace website<br class="">
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> done using HeeksCNC, but it's not supported
or developed anymore. Same<br class="">
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Heeks or PyCAM were the best ones we found that
could do profiling.<br class="">
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> Oh, and can I mill hardwood (e.g. walnut or
cherry) with our CNC mill?<br class="">
The harder the material the slower you have to
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you could do aluminium with it if you have the
right bits.<br class="">
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For profiling you will need some round/ball nose
end mills, which i do<br class="">
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