The plasma part is bought, of course, and ia a device made for building up CNC machines from it, while all the rest is self-built. The Plasma Cutter is a machine built by Prof. As both Daniel and I wanted to see how cutting aluminium works (the cutter is usually used to cut steel parts), we both bought 3mm aluminium foil.
Other preparations came down to acquiring a bit of metal foil - As I was once told at an old job, everything below 1" is foil, not sheet metal. The "Options"-button reveals a diolog to change the dxf format version, which has to be set to AutoCAD 2004 for the CAM to read. Which is, as it turns out, really easy: Open the part, right-click onto the face of it you want to export, select " export face as", and you get an export dialog: The CAM software reads DXF files (version 2004 seems to be optimal), so I had to export the inventor part I had already made as a DXF. Cutting time would only have been marginally longer. I could have done it, though, as it's just a bit more drawing and we have the tool to fold it. Since the goal for the optics of if is to have as much tech visible as possible, a somewhat roughly finished metal part is a good front for it - I thought about doing a folding construction with a top and sides (or even a back), but.
The Partįor this assignment, I made the front plate for my new (emergency) final project, an electromechanical clock. Seabra and Daniel for not only allowing me to use their tools, but also teaching me how to do it. So, for this assignment, I asked for, and was allowed to use the CNC plasma cutter at the Anomalous Materials Laboratory Technical Center for Thermal and Mechanical Process Engineering - A big thanks to Prof. Well, not that many that are not too dangerous and offer digital workflows.
We don't have that many things to test out for a wildcard. Final project - weekly assignments - about me - fab academy Week 13: Wildcard - CNC Plasma Cutting
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