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Thanks for sharing your files and your knowledge Carveone, it's much appreciated. One of your boxes is next on my to-do list.

Thanks, since it's free, I will definitely try it out :cheers:

I noticed the CAM tab in Solidworks. Is that HSMXpress running in Solidworks, or what CAM program is that?

Thanks John for the screenshot, showing the tabs at the bottom helps so I can try this myself.

Very nice, did you engrave those on the front or do you engrave the letters on the back of the piece so the front stays smooth? If you engrave those on the back, do you spell the words backwards?

Just click on your user name on the upper right hand side of the forum, pick the statistics tab, and you can find all posts you've made and threads you've started (see attached screenshot).

Did...

Do you want the cheapest or the easiest? The easiest would be to use the free Draftsight program to draw or view your design and use the $150 Cut2D program to change the CAD file to CAM to send to...

Damnit man, toofdecay's blood finally quite boiling and you are going to get him started again! :boxing:(flame2)

If you are going the thrifty route, these screws would definitely be better than standard 1/2-13 all threads for example. Sure, your machine may be off .010-.015, but depends on what you are going...

New intern? Welcome Spencer, this is a great set of pics.

I've been recommending CNCRP on other forums because of the strong support and community it has.

Just a thought: since Momus, Jgro...

That's a great idea, I found some interesting animal furniture the other day when I was Googling "flatpack furniture".
I found a cow like yours (see attached pic) and other animal shelving too.
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Journey Ed is the place where I purchased my CAD programs when I was in school (purchased AutoCAD r13). They sell the 12 month license of SolidWorks Student Edition 2011-2012 for $140. That's only...

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I never said Lightwave was a hobby grade CAD program, I said Solidworks was not a hobby grade CAD program. By that I mean Solidworks may seem bloated, but that's because it is a...

Your hardware doesn't evem meet the minimum requirements for SW 2012.

Can Lightwave
1. Create parametric parts and assemblies with drawings that update automatically?
2. Create drawings that are...

I"ll have to disagree with you considering the looks, but I'm comparing it to Mechanical Desktop (a decades old MCAD program).

As for speed, do you have a computer system that surpassing the SW...

What specifically do you dislike about it?

I can't really picture your part, however would the Cam Mate work for your needs?

Just an FYI, not sure what parts you want, but you might find parts you can use or are able to use as starting points at 3D Content Central. For example, there are several AR-15 components on their.

Thanks Eric5501 for going out of your way to help me out, it's much appreciated! It was user error on my part, the file works great.

Do you have that file that can be edited? Usually you can double-click the tool in the toolpath list and also edit the material size but you can't in this .crv file.

Thanks for sharing! :cheers:

See the attached PDF, look at p. 15 "2.2 – Customizations and Settings Backup"

It discusses saving your profiles.

That's a great idea, thanks for sharing.

After you find which TrueType western font you want to use, you can use the free DeskEngrave program to make the DXFs of your words. See my previous post DeskEngrave post

Sorry, forgot to say thanks for that code!

Wow! Another amazing piece of artwork, very impressive.

If possible, it would be better to zip it and post it here, because Filesonic disabled their file sharing and who knows how many others will follow in fear of the US Governments crackdown on...

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto (sorry, couldn't help it).

That's a clean build, me likes!

Steve Good's stuff is copyrighted, so you cannot post a DXF here, but his website has free stuff you can use.

Here is a link that may be of interest: Steve Good: Story Cross

This is his blog:...

Those look very interesting, will have to try them out.