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Re: X-Carve as a budget CNC?

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Having a 3 axis CNC knee mill in our shop as well as a metal router an order of magnitude more rigid/powerful than the X-carve I would say there is no way it will compete with the knee mill other than fixturing seems easier on a router (assuming you're willing to screw down material into the mdf).
Fixturing is the main issue honestly, that and programming. Currently we have to cut our material to size on a bandsaw, then clean up the edges on the mill, then use 2 clamps + supports to position the material. After we're done with that we have to manually program each step, and babysit it the entire time it runs (as each new step requires intervention). I would like to be able to just attach a sheet of material directly to a workspace, import the cut path from the CAD model, and just let it run.