I have a friend that has built a new table for himself so he could cut his own brackets for what he sells.
He made it pretty big.
He has a thc 1000 he has mach 3 and sheetcam and auto cad loaded on the pc that is hooked up..
I'll keep it simple..
Where could a shmuck like myself learn how to use those programs..He is an excellant fabricator, but somewhat computer illiterate.
We both know the computer programing would tick him off the most because he is not familiar with it..
I would love to jump in and learn these programs so we could start messing with his table..
Please don't flame me out..
The most I know is how to make a picture in auto cad. save it as a dxf and pull it up in sheetcam.. But to make the g-code to use in mach 3.. I have no idea.
i read somewhere about lead in and other things that should be done with sheet cam. But I am stuck there.
I can open a .tap fil with mach3 but it doesn't move his table and usually reads error with line 8 for gcode..
If there are books on this or if anyone in the spokane Wa area can hook me up. It would be appreciated.