Help with cnc in East Tn.

[gaittec]

I am a total newbie to CNC. But, I have to automate my orthotic fabrication lab.
So far we have learned to design our orthotics with a cad program and are just learning to generate the tool path and g-code.

I am building a router and it won't be finished for several weeks.

Our g-code is from Mach3
If someone would run our g-code on a small piece of MDF board and see if we are in the right ballpark, it would be a great help.

If you are willing to try this, please post the specifics needed, feedrate, tool type, etc and we will plug it into Mach3.

Thanks
Mike

[Jay C]

Well on not on the East end of TN, but I'm always looking for interesting things to try.

How small/big is this part? These are foot insert molds right?

Jay

[gaittec]

The average size is basically a foot without the toes. Usually 4"x9" or smaller.

Yes, there are two possibilities. A "positive" copy of the actual foot with modifications can be milled. Then we heat and vacuum form the orthotic material over the "positive" . Secondly we could design the actual orthotic and mill it directly. Then clean it up and cover it.

We are wanting to mill the positive. Any wood or a piece of MDF would be a good material.

Mike

[Jay C]

PM sent, I'd like to try it.