Major Favor: if you make one of these please post the Make and share it with the community :-). Both the fixed and pressure bar are held in place by 4 M5 12mm long bolts (see more here:) and T nuts (see more here:)ĭon't forget our YouTube channel here: if you want to see what we are up to daily which you do right? Check out our regular YouTube Blog posts at: follow us on Instagram at read our posts on tumlr here This machine needed a lot of work and tweaking.While looking for a way to effectively hold down work on my 3018 CNC weturned to Fusion 360 and designed this niffy clamp! It is relatively simple with one fixed end, a slider another movable fixed end which uses three 1/4-20 bolts to put pressure on the slider. This community is for people with a 3018 CNC that might have a question or an answer or to showcase their. You can create 2D drawings, produce, export, and edit full-precision models in 3D, and perform analyses to make sure everything is up to scratch before sending the g code to your machine.

My recommendation is that if you had some more money, get a better machine to have a peace of mind about the hardware. This 3018 CNC software offers an impressive suite of tools for creating your designs. The linear sliding shaft are somewhat flimsy and won’t be able to mill aluminum correctly.

To conclude: this machine did OK job for beginners who wanted to learn CAM but not for heavy duty uses or aluminum milling as advertised. The 3D carving test were also successful. Fusion 360 is pretty easy to use and free for hobbyist and definitely has 3D capabilities. That’s why I had to use AutoDesk Fusion 360 to generate the tooth-paths and G-code for a simple design of 3D smiley face. The thing I was most interested about was 3D carving.

My first test run with a 2D smiley face using Easel from Inventables as G-code generator was successful. The machine came to me per-assembled but I needed to do a lot of tightening. It’s an used 3018 wood carving machine (small and light duty). I just bought my first CNC machine from eBay.

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