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    CNC Router photo engraving

    Hi everyone,

    A friend of mine has a stone shop and I was wondering if anyone could help me with creating a program to engrave a photo onto a stone slab?
    Hes not very good with cam, neither am I.
    He has a 4 axis router

    any help would be much apricated

  2. #2
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    Re: CNC Router photo engraving

    There is software that will convert various image formats to G-code, this is not really a conventional CAM function.. I have PixelCNC, it works and is cheap, but is a bit clunky. https://deftware.itch.io/pixelcnc
    Jim Dawson
    Sandy, Oregon, USA

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    Re: CNC Router photo engraving

    LinuxCNC will convert an image to Gcode and its free.Be warned that images of any size will take quite a time to machine as fine details require small tools and a lot of passes at close intervals.

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    Re: CNC Router photo engraving

    I will check them out
    thanks guys

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