General objective (group assignment):
- Do your lab's safety training
- Test runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, materials, and toolpaths for your machine
Machine used
Router CNC
Technical characteristics
- Work area. 2440 x 1220 mm
- Power. 5 HP
- Model. Z7
- Mark. AXYZ
Development
select one material, size and thickness
make a characterization table for diferente cutters
exercise development
for this assignment we had to choose a material to cut (we chose 15 mm MDF) and our cutters diameter and flute type
this are the ones we used
From top to bottom and left to right
(A) 1/4" ER-32 Nozzle
(B) 3/8” ER-32 Nozzle
(C) 1/2" ER-32 Nozzle
(1) 60° V Bit
(2) 1/8” upcut 2flute Endmill
(3) 1/4" Upcut 2flute endmill
(4) 3/8” compresión 2 flute endmill
(5) 1/2" upcut 2 flute endmill
Since we have a A2MC AXYZ CNC router and a licence for Vectric’s Vcarve pro that was our software of choice.
Picture of the CNC router
Picture of the design we came up with
The diferent colors indicate diferente operations in the software.
This are the parameters we used in the diferent bits.
Half of an inch.
And this is the final piece.
Files download here: https://fabacademy.org/2022/labs/ciudadmexico/GcodesQro.zip