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    please!!! any help???

    Hello i am totally new to cnc machining and currently building a cnc machine, i have selected nema 23 stepper motors and hope they are going to be ok. can any one help me with what the steps are to designing what i want to cut out (anything just an example a box with letters in?) i really do not know where to start with what software i will need to use with mach3 (i want to use any free software just to get me going and start to learn the basics) can anyone help me please


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    CamBam CNC Software
    HeeksCAD and HeeksCNC
    DoubleCAD XT v3
    this is a start , first draw up your stuff then use cambam or heeks to generate the toolpaths
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