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Originally Posted by Smrtman5
I bet thats gonna be one awesome machine. And, thats an awesome link to the CNC stuff. Modern Machine Shop's "Handbook for the Metalworking Industries" has a whole section on CNC and G Codes for lathes and mills, in reference format. Its a great book in general too, for all sorts of info about materials, threads, etc. Our school just got a Prolight 1000 mill for our Project Lead the Way CIMs course. Anyone have experience with that machine? The teacher and I are still wiring it up and such. I worked in a machine shop over the summer using full size stuff, which was absoultly awesome, so im really excited to incorperate the cnc to our robotics. Youve gotta keep us up to date on your learning progress with the CNC.
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My school has one (Prolight). I've been using it (virtually singlehandedly) for just over a year and have a bit of experience with it (as well as a techno-isel router/mill). Feel free to PM with any questions about it, no need to clog this thread.
With regard to Gcode - I know it (well, to put it one way, it was easier to learn than brain%@#$, the programming language). I have however never had to use it. Modeling in Rhino and CAMing in Mastercam (9, if anyone cares) is quite effective.
George