Keeping your shop clean My first inclination is to say that it can’t be done in your home shop My experience in my home shop has been that machining creates dirt

Quick Explanation of the Process This is how I view CNC I break it down into simple steps that I can remember

The Control Computer generally resides in the shop somewhere near the CNC machine it is controlling Control Computers don’t have to be the top of the line, every bell and whistle type of computer

What I used to do… Before I found design software I was in the stone ages I would actually hand lay out a template on a piece of paper

Do I need to be a G-Code Expert In a word, no

CAD Design Process When designing something complex in CAD you will find there is a bit of a process First you design parts

FMEA Analysis What is that

There are multiple CAD programs available for design Generally people become familiar with one and stick with it

When I went through college I learned how to read prints and draft We had a bag of physical tools that we purchased and hauled around campus

CAD stands for Computer Aided Design or Computer Aided Drafting CAD was developed in the early 60s