CNC Metal Router Engrave and Cut Metal

CNC Metal Router Engrave and Cut Metal

Before we process metal material, we should know its features. Usually, copper is more sticky and tough, and with less hardness. According to these features, when we use cnc wood router to engrave, we should notice the cutter choose.
We should ensure the sharpness of cnc wood router cutter. Its sharpness is related with front and back angle value, bigger angle, more sharp. the cutter with higher particle index, then more sharp. Then is the powder removing capability, more smooth of front cutter surface, more faverable for powder removing; bigger flute, then more faverable for powder removing.
Besides the above, it requires cnc wood router spindle with certain rotating speed. Adjust the spindle speed higher, then lower the cutting capability.

Hamilton Scenic Use CNC Wood Router

Hamilton Scenic Specialty got its start in 2000, custom fabricating scenery and stage sets from wood and mixed materials, for Broadway-style theater, rock and roll road shows, and other segments of the entertainment industry, which made by cnc wood router.

Hamilton Scenic Specialty handles CAD detailing, planning, construction, finishing, installation, follow-up, and long-term support for its projects, while working on fabrication in aluminum, steel, solid woods, plywoods, laminates, plastics, and veneers.

The majority of its work is creating theatrical stage scenery. Clients include Disney Theatrical for the set of its North American tour of Mary Poppins; the Blue Man Group in Orlando; and Holland America cruise ship entertainment sets.

But Hamilton Scenic Specialty has developed a new and growing niche: public art installations and museum theming made by cnc wood router throughout North America, all built and shipped from its Dundas, Ontario operation.

As stage shows have become more elabrote, sets have becoming increasingly complex, with many more parts, and styles that emphasize unusual angles and shapes, and these job could be completed by cnc wood router. Furniture for the sets is frequently custom designed and built, to match a particular perspective, work well with stage lighting and colors, etc.

Solution for Uneven Stone Engraving By CNC Router

Solution for Uneven Stone Engraving By CNC Router
Many cnc router users encounter this problem when engrave stone by cnc router. For tomb stone or other stone plate, why some position just touched by cnc router cutter, well some positions on stone are deeper engraved by cnc rotuer? This is related with the cnc router finding a blancing point on stone.
Before dispatching cnc wood router, manufacturers of cnc router will make working table even by cnc router milling cutter,so this is not the problem of cnc router table. Well, tomb stone or other stone must not so even, so if we make tool setting at left point, which is the highest point. This will cause some other position may can not be engraved. If this point is the lowest one, then may other position wil be keeper.
For avoding this problem, we suggest setting processing origin xy and z seperately. Still set xy at left down point of material, well, make z at the center of material, in this way, the whole engraving depth may is similar. If there is a big difference for different position material thickness, OMNI suggest make cnc router tool path to upper down two parts or upper, middle and down three parts. Or you use cnc router to measure the four edge point of material, according to X axis value to see which position is high, and which position is lower, then make some stuff under the material to keep the whole material even at most.

How To Handle Solid Wood Smoking While CNC Wood Router Processing

When cnc wood router process the solid wood, there is smoking from solid wood, what can we do?

Some times, may has such smoking issue happened on cnc wood router when it process wood, such as MDF, solid wood etc. How to solve this problem? What cutters are suitable for cuttting such wood? What spindle speed we should set?

1. firstly what you should consider is to remove the wood powder in time while processing; And when you set the tool path, should make the tool path for several layers according to cnc wood router cutter size and cutting depth.

2. Suggest multi-blade circular milling cutter to cut solid wood. Size could be 6mm, cuttig at 3-4 times for powder removing quickly. Material of cutter can be tungsten steel material.

3. In the process of cutting wood, suggest to use comparessing air for cooling down cutters and removing powder.

4. If cutting depth is deep, suggest slower rotating speed and feeding speed, orelse will wear cutters easily.

Also, we suggest every customer who use cnc wood router for wood processing to get dust collecting system.

The Design Made by CNC Wood Router

We see more and more organic and natural inspiration in designer furniture pieces. The surrounding environment is re-imagined in many new furniture designs, one of which is the Ocean’s Edge Table. According to its designer, America-based Tyson Atwell, the new dining table ” is part of an ongoing body of work utilizing a CNC wood router to digitally sculpt oceanic waveforms moving across planar wood surfaces”. With experiments utilizing new technologies and designers composing new ideas, the design game is about to change very soon.
Imagine how it would be to dine at a table that rises out of and dips back in to shape – an undulating tabletop reminiscent of the curves naturally exhibited by water. The tabletop speaks the language of modern design molded after a sequence of tide curves sourced from the entrance of the San Francisco Bay. This beautiful representation of a still moment in time will accompany you during many dinners with family and friends, creating a fascinating atmosphere.

The Birth of A Custom Beer Bottle Made By CNC Wood Router

As we always say, your design is only limited by your imagination. This is the  perfect sentence for cnc wood router industry instruction.

People use cnc wood router, cnc foam router, cnc aluminium router, cnc acrylic router, or 4 axis cnc router, 5 axis cnc router or laser machine to create many creative artworks.

The technician Anthony Kling use cnc wood router software to design a beer bottle. He made the positive for  mold on the software. Then he glued several pieces of MDF material together, then put the material on cnc wood router. Using rough passes to clear the excess material. When th rough sample is ready, then use a smaller cutter to make the surface of beer bottle more smooth. Then two halves will be glued together to make a whole positive.

This is really an interesting creative job. You may use solid wood to make the same beer bottle by cnc wood router, looks very classic.

How To Handle Solid Wood Smoking While CNC Wood Router Processing

When cnc wood router process the solid wood, there is smoking from solid wood, what can we do?

Some times, may has such smoking issue happened on cnc wood router when it process wood, such as MDF, solid wood etc. How to solve this problem? What cutters are suitable for cuttting such wood? What spindle speed we should set?

1. firstly what you should consider is to remove the wood powder in time while processing; And when you set the tool path, should make the tool path for several layers according to cnc wood router cutter size and cutting depth.

2. Suggest multi-blade circular milling cutter to cut solid wood. Size could be 6mm, cuttig at 3-4 times for powder removing quickly. Material of cutter can be tungsten steel material.

3. In the process of cutting wood, suggest to use comparessing air for cooling down cutters and removing powder.

4. If cutting depth is deep, suggest slower rotating speed and feeding speed, orelse will wear cutters easily.

Also, we suggest every customer who use cnc wood router for wood processing to get dust collecting system.

Tips for Laser Cutting Machine Cut MDF

Tips for Laser Cutting Machine Cut MDF
MDF is widely used for furniture, house decoration, frame, art&craft, sign etc because its price is rather faverable. Traditional MDF cutting tool is electrical saw or cnc wood router to make relief sculpture.
With the laser cutting machine with more applications, more people choose laser cutting machine to engrave and cut MDF because it is with higher precision. Laser cutting machine can engrave and cut MDF both. Comparing with traditional cnc wood router cutter, laser cutting machine is with lower speed than cnc wood router, but its cutting edge is very simply handled. And laser cutting machine can save material cost than cnc wood router, and with higher precision and fine imagine on MDF. It is very suitable for top grade gift, photo frame, imagine engraving etc.
Well, it is not so eady to control power and speed for laser cutting machine, especially for laser cutting machine cutting MDF. So operator should notice this.

The Design Made by CNC Wood Router

We see more and more organic and natural inspiration in designer furniture pieces. The surrounding environment is re-imagined in many new furniture designs, one of which is the Ocean’s Edge Table. According to its designer, America-based Tyson Atwell, the new dining table ” is part of an ongoing body of work utilizing a CNC wood router to digitally sculpt oceanic waveforms moving across planar wood surfaces”. With experiments utilizing new technologies and designers composing new ideas, the design game is about to change very soon.
Imagine how it would be to dine at a table that rises out of and dips back in to shape – an undulating tabletop reminiscent of the curves naturally exhibited by water. The tabletop speaks the language of modern design molded after a sequence of tide curves sourced from the entrance of the San Francisco Bay. This beautiful representation of a still moment in time will accompany you during many dinners with family and friends, creating a fascinating atmosphere.

CNC In Modeling And Prototyping

CNCs in Modeling and Prototyping

A CNC tool can be used in many ways for prototyping, reverse engineering and modeling.  As a rapid-prototyping tool, a OMNI can machine foam, wood, plastics and aluminum to efficiently create prototype and reproduction parts.  With a CNC tool, you will typically be doing subtractive prototyping, but it is a process that lets you machine quickly in materials that are similar to the end product.  Large projects can also be done using additive layering techniques that allow substantial models to be constructed even beyond the machinable area of the CNC.

The sheer versatility of a CNC wood router in a prototyping setting is nothing short of astounding.  With a good CAD/CAM package and a CNC router, it is possible to create master models with the proper draft for secondary operations such as casting, vacuum forming, sheet metal stamping and FRP composite construction.  These types of models are typically 2.5D, meaning that they don’t have undercuts and can be completely machined on a 3-axis CNC on one side of the material.  In addition, advances in affordable hardware and software now give you the ability to cut double-sided parts using 3 axes and carve true 3D parts on a machine equipped with a 4th axis, rotary indexer.  The indexer can be used as a lathe to cut simple profiled turnings or elaborate 3D parts and relief carvings, giving many of the advantages of a 5-axis tool at a fraction of the cost.

Mold Making

Aside from playing a key role in subtractive methods of creating models, the CNC is also instrumental in preparing molds for creating parts.  Thermoset plastic parts can be created in conjunction with a rotational molding machine.  Masters can be created on the CNC, molded and setup to produce thin-walled and hollow models not possible using a subtractive strategy. A CNC router coupled with the proper mold making equipment is a potent combination spanning many industries and applications.

Reverse Engineering Processes

While CNC wood routers excel at producing accurate parts with speed and efficiency, they also excel when it comes to reverse engineering an existing 2D or 3D part.  The digital version of the part can then be toolpathed to produce an exact duplicate, or transformed into an updated version by modifying the scale or geometry to create the required part. Using the optional rotary indexer, odd-shaped and cylindrical 2D & 3D parts can be digitized a full 360° with the same straight-forward method as a standard 3-axis tool equipped with a probe.

Use CNC Wood Router For Mold Production

Dianel Dean and Ryan use cnc wood router to produce a mold for their project " Underground Sound".  Their project is with some giant flowers, which allow people to hear the sound from earth via megaphones.

The mold for the megaphone was designed in Rhino and imported into Enroute software as an .STL. They created all the toolpathing in EnRoute. The form was cut in pieces on the CNC router mold using a 1/2" wide by 3.5" tall ball nose bit.  Daniel glued together panel board to be 3.5" deep and divided the megaphone up into various sections. Once cut, the sections were glued together to create the final form, which was then used as a mold for the fiberglass.

The following is the final project at field.

Produce Architecture Model By CNC router

Produce Architecture Model By CNC router

Architecture Model Production Sample made by router cnc:

Material： ABS board 2mm

1.Put ABS board 2mm to CNC router table;
2. Engrave and Cut ABS board by router cnc as the program file. This program file can be created and edited by CAD or CorelDraw etc software, then transfered to Type3 or ArtCAM for getting G code file with tool path. This G code file can be read by CNC router control system, such as DSP hand controller or Weihong controller. 

3.Now the whole piece of ABS board is cutted or engraved as the program file. Seperate them and then glue them together. May be you are curious of the architecture model with glass window. There is whole piece of acrylic glued inside of model. So you can see that the building model is with glass window.

Produce Architecture Model By CNC Wood Router

Produce Architecture Model By CNC Wood Router

Architecture Model Production Sample made by cnc router:

Material： ABS board 2mm

1.Put ABS board 2mm to CNC router table;
2. Engrave and Cut ABS board by CNC wood router as the program file. This program file can be created and edited by CAD or CorelDraw etc software, then transfered to Type3 or ArtCAM for getting G code file with tool path. This G code file can be read by CNC router control system, such as DSP hand controller or Weihong controller. 

3.Now the whole piece of ABS board is cutted or engraved as the program file. Seperate them and then glue them together. May be you are curious of the architecture model with glass window. There is whole piece of acrylic glued inside of model. So you can see that the building model is with glass window.

Then which one is suitable for architecture model producing? Confirm your Max. material size, then choose right working size cnc router. Usually, peple can use from 600*900mm to 1300*2500mm according to your requirement.

Type3 For CNC Wood Router Function

Type3 For CNC Wood Router Function

2D cutting, 2.5D carving and 3D routing which made by cnc wood router are easy with Type3 the leading artistic CAD/CAM software for signmakers. Benefit from over 18 years of expertise with sign makers and machine specialists. Whether you're doing vinyl cutting, woodworking, display creation, sign making or lettering applications. Type3 software is bound to offer you the right tools and to save precious time on design and machining.Type3 Software is available for both 2D and 3D applications. 

Intall TypeEdit2003Plus

Intall TypeEdit2003Plus

Install  TypeEdit2003Plus which used for router cnc
 1.  You can start the installing program named TypeEdit2003+.exe in the root directory of this CD.
 Or you can get in the folder named TypeEdit and run the Setup.exe.
Please seclect “Next>” until you get

    Recommend you to choose Custom, So you can get

There is also a button named Change… , click it, you can get more option, for example, Choose the Help and then click Change…, then you get this dialog box

Choose everything you want and then click “Next>” until you get

 You should choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” …
 
After restarting your computer, you will get

 Click “Next>” “Next>” “Next>” “Next>” up to the end.

 So now, you have installed TypeEdt2003Plus successfully.

How to Install USB Donle

How to Install USB Donle

How to Install the USB dongle
 After installed Type3 software, you will find a shortcut icon in your computer’s desktop as         . But if you double click it, you will get this message 
 
 It is because you haven’t install the dongle and it’s driver.
 Then you should plug in the USB dongle in your computer and install the driver program of the dongle. If you didn’t do these, you will get this message after you double click Type3 shortcut.
 
1． Go to the folder that you installed TypeEdit2003plus, C:\TypeEdit2003PLUS as a example. Get in the folder named Key. Also you can find this folder in this CD’s root directory.
 
   You will find these programs in the Key folder. Drop the ini.dll on the REGSVR32.exe as below
 
 Then you will get 
 
 Drop the SetUp_PWD.dll on the REGSVR32.exe as below
 
 You will get
 
 So now, you have installed the driver of the dongle. Then, double click the shortcut of  TypeEdit 2003plus, you can start it and start your cnc wood router work. 

How To Change Language in Type3 Software

How To Change Language in Type3 Software

After starting Type3 software, you may want to change the language you need. In Type3 interface, you can press “F10” button on your keyboard, Or click your mouse like this

So now, you get this dialog box.

Select the language you want and restart the software, you will found the language changed as you want. Good option for CNC wood Router work.

CNC Wood Router Programming Solution

CNC Router Programming Solution

CNC ROUTER PROGRAMMING SOLUTION

Router-CIM Automation Suite 2012 provides a CNC programming solution and is now available for any Router CNC, point to point or profiling machine. Router-CIM is automatic programming for CAD drawings and solid assemblies. Completely integrated with AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor, the Router-CIM CAD/CAM software will save time and money with proven technology features not found in other software, says the company.

How To Engrave With CNC Wood Router?

How To Engrave With CNC Wood Router?

 How to Engrave With a CNC Wood Router
By Wade Shaddy, eHow Contributor
Learning how to hand engrave with a router can be very rewarding. Freehand engraving yields results that last forever. All you need is a small hand router. Draw your pattern on a piece of wood and establish your lines. Follow them with a router and a small engraving bit. Because you don't use guides to follow your patterns, it gives your engravings a custom, hand carved look. It's easy, fun and it's even safer than engraving with a knife. A popular grape-leaf pattern is traditional and easy to find, and is a good place to start.

Things You'll Need
Small hand router, 1/4-inch capacity
Router bit, 1/4-inch flute
2 wrenches that came with router
Pencil
Pattern
Pine, 6-by-24-by-3/4-inch
Grape leaf pattern
Scissors
2 hand clamps, 12-inch
1Download a grape leaf pattern of your choice and print it out. Cut out the pattern with scissors.

2Trace the pattern onto the pine. Clamp the pine to the edge of a worktable.

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3Insert the flute bit into the router and tighten the retaining nut using the wrenches. Loosen the depth of cut adjustment on the side of the router and slide the router base so that 1/4 inch of the bit extends out the bottom of the router base. Tighten the depth of cut knob.

4Plug in the router. Hold the router base in both hands, position it over the pine. Reach up with your thumb and turn the cnc wood router on.

5Position the tip of the bit over the pencil lines and lower the bit into the wood. Let the sides of your palms on both hands rest on the wood as you hold the router between your hands.

6Begin following the lines, like you would with a large pen sliding the router along slowly as you trace over the pencil lines, letting the bit cut the design with the tip of the bit. Trace the entire design.

Tips & Warnings
Test the depth of your cut on a piece of scrap wood, or the back of your piece of pine before starting to engrave. When finished engraving, use a small piece of folded sandpaper to remove any feathered edges of the engraving lines.

Always wear safety glasses when working with wood. Make sure your router is turned off when you plug it in.

What You Must Know Before Working On PCB

What You Must Know Before Working On PCB

What you must know before working on PCB by CNC wood router

There are many ways for working on PCB. Here inttroduce working on PCB by CopperCam software. We use Gerber file transfer to G code which can be used on router cnc.
Here you must notice that, the first step working on PCB is drilling, not engraving. 
1. Drilling
2. Engraving lines and milling edge of PCB
3. Milling redundant copper layer
4. Cutting outline of PCB

Why we should drill firstly? If we engrave line and mill edge of PCB, it will cause such a problem: It will creat a force which causing land dropping when the driller rolling at high speed, this is a unignore problem.So we suggest drill first.