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Originally Posted by john royal
This project is insane. Wish I had cad and a cnc machine.
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Thanks John!
CAD/CNC is a lot of fun. I've worked with conventional tools most of my life, eventually found CAD, and fell in love. From my perspective, it's really just another tool in my box. When I'm working in it, I am working from the perspective of grabbing some raw materials, a bunch of tools, and the desire to see what I can create.
Seeing the machines cut this kind of stuff is fun because they actually tend to mimic a good craftsman with a bunch of hand tools. When the rear motor mount was in finishing, it was like watching someone chiseling one of those huge stone monuments. At .020 stepover rate you can barely see where any material has been removed, but if you keep staring you see the shape developing right before your eyes, out of a big chunk of metal. Then, for me, I am seeing the machine mimic what I was doing on screen to create the model. Fascinating stuff!
