The CAD design program is first fed into the CAM software application. Then the CAM software calculates the tool paths for the actual manufacturing process. CNC routers have a minimum of 3 axes: X, Y ...
[Marius Hornberger] has been busy hacking his “Hammer” CNC router again, and now it sports a much desired feature — an automatic tool-changer. Having wanted one for a while, [Marius] was ...
The router is using an old computer loaded with LinuxCNC which is a great (and free!) software for use with CNC machines. It’s driving a cheap Chinese TB6560 motor controller which does the ...