Computer-Controlled Machining

Updated for 2023 evaluation standards!

• Group assignment:

  • Complete your lab's safety training
  • Test runout, alignment, fixturing, speeds, feeds, materials and toolpaths for your machine
  • Document your work to the group work page and reflect on your individual page what you learned

• Individual project

  • Make (design+mill+assemble) something big

Learning outcomes

• Demonstrate 2D design development for CNC production
• Describe workflows for CNC production

Have you answered these questions?

• Linked to the group assignment page
• Documented how you designed your object (something big)
• Documented how you made your CAM-toolpath
• Documented how you made something BIG (setting up the machine, using fixings, testing joints, adjusting feeds and speeds, depth of cut etc.)
• Described problems and how you fixed them
• Included your design files and 'hero shot' of your final product

FAQ

How big is big?

Answer: Life size, big enough to show you understand many of the possibilities of CNC machining - drill, pocket, dogbones, nesting, etc. It should be roughly one meter in at least one dimension.

Does it have to be wood or wood products?

Answer: No. But the lab is only responsible for providing you with a full size wood board (4x8 ft).

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