Free Feeds & Speeds Master Class
Feeds and Speeds Course
G-Code Programming Course
Beginner’s Step-By-Step Guide to Making Parts
Geometric Dimensions and Tolerancing (GD&T)
Lean Manufacturing
CNC Manufacturing Shop Management
CNC Beginner’s Cookbook
DIY CNC Cookbook
Calculators and Reference Charts
CNC Programming PDF’s
Definitive Guide to Deburring
Definitive Guide to Lights Out Manufacturing
Complete Guide to Metrology
Free Feeds and Speeds Master Class: Weekly email course will take you from Beginner to Expert. CNC Feeds and Speeds Cookbook: Get the best Material Removal Rates, Tool Life, and Surface Finish. Plus specific guides for cutters and material types. More Feeds and Speeds: H40 parts manual. Quick Video Course in Feeds and Speeds: 2 videos–theory + practice. G-Wizard Machinist’s Calculator: Fast, Easy, Reliable Feeds and Speeds. |
CNCCookbook’s G-Code Course: Use an Interactive Learning Tool and online courseware to learn g-code or polish your skills. More G-Code Programming: G-Wizard G-Code Editor: Editor, backplotter, and g-code simulator: a radically easier way to deal with GCode. G-Code Reference: G-Code quick references for mills, routers, and lathes. What is a CNC Programmer? Learn all about the job and what professionals do. |
You’ve got a vision for a part you want to make. You’ve been lusting after your own CNC Machine for a long time. You just want to put the two together, but try as you might, there’s no map to guide you. No article or book has put it all together, given you the information you need, and made it easy to understand. This Guide is that map you’ve been looking for. |
All about Machinist’s Measuring Tools, what they can do, and how to use them. |
How to understand and use GD&T.
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Lean Manufacturing is a powerful tool for improving productivity in Manufacturing (actually for many other business areas too). We’ve published a series of articles that taken together provide a Free Lean Manufacturing Mini-Course to help shops understand what Lean Manufacturing is, what it can do for them, and how to go about implementing it. |
How to run a CNC Manufacturing operation efficiently. Lean Manufacturing Principles: Try our multi-part mini-course to get you up to speed on Lean Manufacturing fast. |
Are you just getting started in CNC? Wondering how it all fits together and what to learn first? Check out our CNC Beginner’s Cookbook. What’s Hard to Learn About CNC? We surveyed our visitors to find out what they think the hardest things are for beginners. |
Are you a hobbyist? Considering building your own CNC? Do you have a CNC you bought and need help with? Check out our DIY CNC Cookbook for in-depth articles for the DIY CNC’er. |
Need a quick, specialized calculation for CNC? Perhaps a reference table? Tired of searching through Machinery’s Handbook? This is the right place, click on through! |
Sometimes it’s nice to download and print information. |
Types of Metals
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Free Online Cnc Simulator
Type | Name/Link | Description |
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Verify (opensource) | CAMotics (previously named OpenSCAM) | CAMotics is an Open-Source software which can simulate 3-axis NC machining. It is a fast, flexible and user friendly simulation software for the DIY and Open-Source community. Works on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Includes Tool Path Language --- http://tplang.org Carbide 3D tools at: https://github.com/WillAdams/Design_Into_3D/blob/master/Carbide3D_CAMotics_tools.json[2] |
Optimize (opensource) | gcodemillopt | gcodemillopt is Open-Source software which will optimize gcode produced by software like MakerCAM. It does this by arranging gcode so that cutting operations are ordered to minimize the distance between cuts. When used with the -laser option it will convert G1 Z and G0 Z codes to M3 and M5 codes to turn on and off a laser instead of moving the Z axis. Written in open source C++ it should compile on most platforms. A 32-bit Windows binary is available in github along with the source code. If renamed to gcodelaseropt the -laser flag is enabled automatically. |
Preview (opensource) | pygcodeviewer | Python based simple G code viewer. |
Preview (opensource) | yagv | Yet Another Gcode Viewer Fast 3D Gcode Viewer for Reprap-style 3D printers, in Python and OpenGL (via pyglet). |
Verify (opensource) | Pleasant3D | Mac OS X 10.6 or later previewer for STL and G-Code files. |
Verify (opensource) | Repetier-Host | Intended for 3D printers, some users have found it useful as a previewer. |
Verify | CNC Simulator | Windows program to simulate and test G-code before sending to the machine. Requires fairly recent version of dot.net. |
Verify (opensource) | CNC Simulator (Sourceforge) | CNC lathe machine simulator. Simulates the path the tool of a CNC lathe takes for a given program. The simulation is two-dimensional, with provision for final view in 3D using OpenGL. |
Verify | CNC Viewer | Fast gcode parsing using Regular Expressions, Multiple viewports, Dynamic View manipulation, Selection, Tool number filter, Printing. |
Verify / Edit (Free) | NC Corrector | Verify tool path and view and edit G-code. A bit sluggish on older machines. |
Previewer | Online GCode Viewer | Source at gCodeVisualizer. |
Previewer (online HTML5) | SnapFracturePop’s Laser GCode converter | Announced in GCode preview. |
Previewer (online WebGL) | Requires newest Chrome or FireFox. Tutorial on using it from the MakerCAM site here: gview tutorial. | |
Optimize | PCB G-code Optimizer | Optimizes G-code for milling PCB. Maybe can be used also for optimizing other G-codes. |
Previewer (opensource) | Universal Gcode Sender | Cross platform gcode viewer, preprocessor and sender. |
Previewer (opensource) | Browser-based visual GCode visualizer, viewer and analyzer. | |
Previewer (opensource) | ChiliPeppr Hardware Fiddle | Browser-based visual GCode visualizer, viewer, analyzer and sender. |
Previewer for Windows Explorer | NcThumbnail | Shows a thumbnail (small picture) plot of all your CNC programs in Windows explorer. Freewere. |
Web Previewer (opensource) | G-Code Q'n'dirty toolpath simulator | Online previewer, w/ code on github. Notable for having a good time estimator. |
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