drawing to g-code

[John S]

Strange thing with Cambum is you get charged to be a beta tester....not even RC yet.

Free version is free but it's dated and won't move in time.
Pro version is actually a release version, works for many.
It's just Andy's way of saying he's still working on it but without an income it can't move forward.

At least he's honest about the program unlike many of the snake salesmen out there who promise you anything just to get the sale. I have had Turbocad from V3 onwards, every new version has promised a command line, still no command line in V16

If you have ever worked a CAD system with a command line you will never go back, virtually a full drawing screen, no stupid toolbars and icons you can't understand, no drop down boxes you have to type into and move to the next box etc.

Want to draw a 20mm circle ? type C,20 and place it where needed.
Keyway 8 x 45 along a shaft ? KY,8,45,0 and place it.

Anyway to get back to Cambam, it does work, it has a good following and a nice user base as regards support and it's enough to get you do do most things in a home shop until you need to move onwards if ever.
3D is nice but 90% of all manufactured parts are still done in 2 1/2D.

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[John S]

Right then how to fix the cockup on my latest part................

Weld a lump on and machine 'nearly' all of it off again.

[John S]

I saw the strangest thing ever on Wednesday...Aluminium welded with steel....I'll take a photo of it for posterity....Incredible!

Do a search on Fluxless Laser Brazing, I think Corus may have the patent on it, remember reading something about it in one of the trade mags.

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[John S]

For a bet once I stick welded two pieces of 10 thou steel shim together. Perfect weld.

Good for a pint in the pub because no one will believe you but it's a doddle to do once you know the method.

No I'm not divulging for less than a pint, real not virtual.

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