basic practice programmes

[Doddy]

Hi Doddy,

I will follow your advice and get hold of the evaluation copy of CAMBAM.
Kind regards,
John

Absolutely follow your path for the toolchain that you want to use... but just until you get used to the basics, keep it simple, the learning curves can be steep and expensive. I'd stand by RouterCNC's suggestions as well - really useful to get to grips with GCode so that you can understand that back-end processing that drives the machine... then once that's firmly in your head start moving back through the toolchain the to more complex and interesting design activity. It all fits together in the end.