by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, GCode, Software
Conversational CNC is design to make simple work simple. The idea is to make it quick and easy to produce g-code for simple tasks–quicker and easier than having to do a CAD drawing and run your CAM software. Instead, you just answer a few questions in the...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, GCode, Tools and Techniques
We’ve put together a quiz on the subject matter of Basic GCode Programming as covered in our free GCode Tutorial Course. There are 25 questions and each question has a link to the appropriate chapter of the GCode Tutorial. Take the quiz and then review...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Software
Our focus with G-Wizard Editor has lately been on finishing all the Conversational CNC Wizards. First, what is Conversational CNC and why would you use it? The idea is to make it quick and easy to produce g-code for simple tasks–quicker and easier than having to...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, GCode, Software, Tools and Techniques
Another week has passed so it’s time to roll out another Conversational CNC Wizard for G-Wizard Editor. This week we’ve added a Parting Wizard. Parting is something many lathe programs have to do to cut the part off the piece of bar stock it started with....
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Software, Tools and Techniques
We recently surveyed G-Wizard Editor customers to see what they were doing with the software. Here’s what they came back with: The survey provides a good cross section of uses. Customers could choose all of the choices that applied to them, and clearly a lot...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, Feeds and Speeds, GCode, Tools and Techniques
Here at CNCCookbook, we get visitors from all ends of the CNC spectrum–about 2.5 million of them a year. In all probability, we are the most popular pure CNC blog there is. I try to keep a balance on the content to keep the ends of that spectrum of visitors...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CADCAM, CNC Basics, GCode, Software, Tools and Techniques
When you’re starting out with CNC or 3D Printing, the first thing you’ll want to get your arms around is creating some sort of model, drawing, or representation of your part. Most of the time this is a function of a CAD program, but not always. You may...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, Feeds and Speeds, GCode, Software
An important concept that pops up from time to time is a CNC machine’s ability to accelerate. Acceleration is often the real limiting factor to the machine’s motion, more so than absolute rapids speeds, for example. In many real world g-code...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Software, Tools and Techniques
Nobody likes it when their CNC machine crashes, and there’s no way to absolutely 100% guarantee that you will never have a crash. Crashes are hard on tooling, parts being machined, fixtures (seen a vise that’s been milled on top recently?) and...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, GCode
Time to get on with the Machinist’s Hammer project. I am writing the g-code for this project by hand, without use of CAM software. It’s a simple enough project that it’s pretty easy to do. Plus, there are a variety of labor saving...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Software
We can’t serve up 31 Flavors of ice cream, but we can easily give you a list of 30 features to make sure you try in our G-Code Editor. If you don’t already have it, sign up for the free 30-day trial to test out any of these on your own g-code. Okay, here...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, GCode, Tools and Techniques
The G71 rough turning cycle available on many controls is really handy. You specify a profile in g-code and the G71 cycle deals with roughing it out. But not all controls have G71, and some earlier versions of G71 have various limitations. This article is...
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