The details are getting cleaner compared to my previous attempts. Still have a lot to improve, but enjoying the process.

Made some bad tool path choices, but it works! wheeeee! :)

Now I need to fix a few various things in my linuxcnc setup. during the fancy rapid 4th axis move at the end the following error tripped, and I'm not sure why. it should be well within the drives threshold. Hmmm.

I'm thinking of getting a gantry CNC for home use. I used one at a makerspace which has a collet spindle, unfortunately spindle based gantry mills seem to be quite a step up in price compared to using a simple trim router.
I'm worried about bit selection when going to a trim router, is this a deal breaker for a lot of people? Trim routers only seem to have a 1/4 shank compatibility, how do you go about doing things like drill operations with a trim router? Or facing operations since those seem to be usually done with a 1/2 shank based tool?

Title, Im working on gcode veiwer and i am wondering what features would be neat to insert into it that arent already out there.

I'm trying to clear the copper off an area of a PCB. Not the whole PCB .. I don't want to needlessly wear out cutters and spindle bearings .. just an area. (There's an ESP8266 on top of this area and I want the antenna vicinity clear.)

The FlatCAM manual does describe the procedure .. sorta kinda a little bit. Sadly, it's one of those docs where it expects you already know how to do everything, you just need a reminder.

For example, the third step says

By running the Polygon Intersection operation on the original non-copper polygon and the desired clearing area (the circle), we get the target polygon:

Well, I don't really know how to do anything in the Geometry Editing section, so "reminding" me isn't that helpful.

How exactly does one run the Polygon Intersection operation? There's an icon on the toolbar that does precisely nothing.

Any hints or pointers to other tutorials greatly appreciated.

Alan

I have problem with my CNC plasma, it moves X to the left size during cutting. It moves X to left sometimes for 5 , 10 or 15cm left.

Hi everybody! I am working on a project and figured someone in this subreddit could help me out!
I am looking to make some oval frames with a cnc router but I have no idea what type of file I need to create. Svg? A 3D model? I’ve created many files for laser cutting but all those models were flat, what I need right now has some ridges inside and I don’t know how to create a file for that. You can kinda see what I’m going for on the crappy drawing I attached haha.

Anyways, sorry if I’m not explaining myself entirely, English is not my first language and I have never done anything with cnc. Any help is very much appreciated, thanks!!