Week 08: Computer-Controlled Machining
'Group assignment:
- Test runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths for your machine.
- Document your work (in a group or individually).
Individual assignment:
- Make (design+mill+assemble) something big (1m in one dimension, 0.25sqm).
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate 2D design development for CNC production.
- Describe workflows for CNC production.
Have you?
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Linked to the group assignment page. -
Documented how you designed your object (something big). -
Documented how you made your CAM-toolpath. -
Documented how you made something BIG (setting up the machine, using fixings, testing joints, adjusting feeds and speeds, depth of cut etc.). -
Described problems and how you fixed them. -
Included your design files and ‘hero shot’ photos of final object.