MakerCAM - a web based CAM program
Hi All, this is Edward. I have a little story to tell you. Years ago, maybe 7-8 at this point, I finished building my very first CNC machine. It was not named Shapeoko, you could not build it for anywhere near $300, and it was not assemble-able by nearly everyone. It was in fact, the exact opposite of Shapeoko. But, needless to say, I finished assembling the machine, and wired all of the electronics. After that I installed EMC2 (now linuxCNC ). I tuned the motors and ran the test job. Success! I was in business. Right away, I wanted to cut my own part. I had already drawn it to scale in CAD and saved the file. Problem was... I kept trying to open it with EMC2 and for the life of me, I couldn't get it to open. Ends up, there is a *vital* step between the CAD part and the cutting part. It's called CAM. I didn't know that. So off to the internet I went, scouring any sort of information I could on this so called "CAM". I'll give you a run-down on the j