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I can't comment on the DynaCNC plasma cutting arena but I can give you a well informed perspective and first hand experience with the company and the using of the machine. I...

I cut about 0.1 each pass. The smooth pass takes off 0.02...with great results.

I've never cut wood or aluminum on my machine...only acrylic and HDPE. I'm entertaining an idea of making a collet...

75%-90% of the time if the paper on the acrylic has writing on it is extruded...ie. the cheaper version of acrylic. I've ruined more bits by using extruded plastic. Cast is the more expensive but...

Make sure that your acrylic/plexiglas is a cast plastic not extruded. Extruded is noted for the melting and wrapping around your endmills. I cut cast acrylic with a 1/16 bit 30-40ipm rough with 15...

I have Gecko's 201 and I'm trying to wire home switches. I have the wires run from the switches to the box...What do I do next? Do I have to have power on these(5V)? I have 2 wires brown/green and...

I've been using it for the last couple of months...I like troubleshooting my designs in it. I still export the part files out to dxf to generate the gcodes for cnc. I wish there is a better way of...

How much is EdgeCAM?

I work in SolidEDGE and was interested in EdgeCAM about a year ago. I never got a price quote.

I make panoramic tripod heads for photographers and budding digital photographers. I tried using a laser to cut out .25" acrylic and didn't like the quality or accuracy of the cut. I run my...

Alumi-cast

I'm planning on spin casting some parts that I routed out...after I make an inexpensive caster) thought about using this product. It's fast setting demold time around 2-3 minutes. ...

What about these?

http://www.ruland.com/

Seems that they have all kinds of coupler and anti-backlash stuff.




Bill

Seems that I tried and paid for every inexpensive CAM software and CAD programs. I finally have a reliable and easy workflow.

I use QuickCAD for layout and design($49)...convert to DXF ver12 and...