CNC newbie

[mrclockman]

Hello to all.
I am a member of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) headquartered in Columbia, PA. http://www.NAWCC.org.
It is a Horological website. I had a question to one of their online forums and this site was recommended.

I had written
"I recently bought ,from eBay, a used 3 axis CNC Sherline mill. It came with a Win98 computer with Microkinetics 'Mill Master Pro' CNC software.
I now need to learn how to use it and use it smartly.
Has anyone been down this road? I would think a CAD program would simplify making a drawing and then convert it to the G-code that MillMaster uses."

I do have lathe experience but nothing in use of CNC/CAD/CAM.
Besides using it to fabricate clock parts including gears I might try it for modeling (steam engines). Any thoughts, ideas, etc.,. on the process of using a mill will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Harry from Fayetteville, PA

[jalessi]

You may want to take a look at Cut2D from Vectric, it is a very nice inexpensive CAD program for making your clock parts.

http://www.vectric.com/WebSite/Vectr.../c2d_index.htm

Welcome to the Zone,


Jeff...

[dertsap]

if you want to try a good cad cam demo then this may be some help