CNC Router (Gerber)

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Overview

Learn how to use, maintain and operate CNC routers.

Prerequisites

What you will learn

  • Load and remove an end mill
  • Secure a work piece
  • Set work origin
  • Export appropriate G code
  • How to drill a hole/Plunge into stock
  • Clear a pocket
  • Follow a contour

Estimated time required

~180 min, varies on prior experience using CAD/CAM

Signature Requirements

  • Make a plate a wood plate of your initials with 0.25" holes at each corner, from a given stock piece. Plate must be milled using 0.25in flat end mill.
  • Text tool is not allowed

Procedure/Instructions