Making a part on hobby CNC miller

[Dean jeffery]

Hold on here.!! . . . . Your saying your a new user to Cad and you drew that Ninja Star looking thing which aint a simple part for beginner and then Milled it manually.? If so then well done. You certainly won't have any trouble working a CNC machine. Unfortunatly I can't help with best machine.

No lol I will explain but was a replie to Geoffrey.

The part was manually machined on a myford ML7 this is an old english made lathe, mine was 65 years old.

Then I asked the programmer at work to make it look like this but better, IE needs to be thinner to lose some weight but look good at the same time.

The alloy 1 weighs 66 gram Titanium 68.5g

The original alloy part looks like this



So the ninja type is what he came up with, the style, shape and programme was not me.
The only thing I did was machine it, hence saying milled at work. But clearly was CNC lol, no manual millers at work.

I can do basic programming on both lathes and millers, but 3d is well out of my league.

Never seen anything cad/cam only on watching tube vids over the last view weeks.

If space was not an issue it would be a simple choice to make, but limited in space limits the machine needed.

Also how easy would it be to replicate that drawing above, for me new user, or for anybody who knows what they are doing lol.

Thanks



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[JAZZCNC]

Also how easy would it be to replicate that drawing above, for me new user, or for anybody who knows what they are doing lol.

Well for a new user then probably bit of challenge but for someone used to Cad then no problem as you can see with the picture below which i've just knocked up in less than 15mins from your pics and obviously would have been quicker if I had dimensions to work from. Creating tool paths would be another 10-15mins.

Now obviously I'm quite experienced and using Solid works which is highend software and really this is the problem most new users have.? Software makes all the difference and having software that's taylored to the type of work your doing really helps. For instance ArtCam could be used to create the 3D toolpaths for this part but it's more woodworking based so the 3D toolpaths it provides will not be optimal. Where has Solid CAM which again is highend CAM software gives much more options regards 3D toolpaths.
Now both these programs are Highend in there own fields so it highlights why having software suited the type of parts your making will help. When you get to the lower end cheaper software you have Even less options regards 3D toolpaths so it becomes more important to find one that suits the type of work your doing.

Hope this helps.