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Re: X-Carve as a budget CNC?

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Originally Posted by cbale2000 View Post
As far as mounting it is concerned, the Bridgeport has a work area of like 8" x 40", meaning the parts have to be pre-cut, have the edges cleaned up, and then milled individually (very time consuming). Also being a 2-axis CNC means that an operator has to control the Z-axis manually, which takes even more time and can lead to human error.
As for programming, the Bridgeport is like 30 years old (uses floppy disks). While it does run on G-Code, modern G-Code formatting appears to be incompatible with it. Consequently all the programming is done using the interface on the machine.
Can you elaborate on what it is you're cutting? You say the edges need to be cleaned up. I assume that means that you're cutting all four sides on a bandsaw, out of a larger sheet? If this is for a gearbox plate, have you considered starting with bar stock that is slightly larger than one of the dimensions, so that you only make one cut and are clamping on stock edges? Then you have no need to clean the edges up.
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