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07-06-2016 #1
Hi All,
Its great to have such a community to be able to talk to. I'm 31 and i have never joint a forum before.
I hope i can contribute as much as i will ask of you .
First of all (TOTAL NEWBIE QUESTION), were can i get preexisting CAD files of components for my cnc router plan? Stuff like ball screws, rack rails, drive rails and so on?
Best,
Norgmonster
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You can get them for the hwin site and this place https://grabcad.com/ Have you decided on a cad program Fusion360 I think is free for hobby use and it also has CAM built in. There are plenty of tutorials about on the web.
..Clive
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07-06-2016 #3
Thanks for the info. It will be a great starting point.
I've needed a project like this to finally make me learn a descent CAD program, and AutoCAD has been on my desktop gathering computer program dust for far to long :-)
I've never heard of Fusion360. Will it run on a Mac? If it also runs CAM then it might be worth a look.
Whatever gets my plans out to you guys faster the better :-).
Best for now,
NorgMonster
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07-06-2016 #4
Fusion360 will run on Apple MacŪ OSŪ X Mavericks (10.9.5), OSŪ X Yosemite (10.10.5), OSŪ X El Capitan (10.11)
I personally found it by far the easiest to use and learn from the many I installed.
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08-06-2016 #5
Good to know. I will give it a try first thing in the morning.
Last edited by Norgmonster; 08-06-2016 at 12:13 AM.
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08-06-2016 #6
Most of you guys may know all about it but I have found a great resource of 3d CAD files on a site called www.b2b.partcommunity.com. The files are also available in a number of formats so they can be read by almost any program. https://grabcad.com/ only seams to support Solid Works.
If anyone is interested then let me know what they think.
My CNC router is moving along and i hope to have something to show you all tomorrow evening.
Good night all,
NorgmonsterLast edited by Norgmonster; 09-06-2016 at 10:31 AM.
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