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In this video, we go over the CNC Machining portion of the CNC Process.
 

On Day 6 we learn about CNC Machining.  This is where the rubber hits the road.  Before this, we did virtually everything on the computer.  Now we move into the real world.  Machining is about removing material from a piece of stock until we [...]

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In this video, we go over the CNC Control portion of the CNC Process.
 

Day 5 is all about CNC Control.  CNC Control is made up of three parts.  The CNC Control Computer, CNC Control Software and the actually CNC Controller.
The CNC Control Computer can be basic and inexpensive.  The computer will live in a harsh environment [...]

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In this video, we go over the CAM portion of the CNC Process.
 

Here on the 4th day we talk about CAM. CAM stands for Computer Aided Manufacturing. During the CAM step of the CNC Process we use software to define how our CNC Machine should move.
There are a number of CAM Software packages on [...]

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In this video, we go over the CAD portion of the CNC Process.
 

In this CNC Basics Video we go over CAD. CAD Stands for Computer Aided Design. During the CAD step we take our initial design an In this CNC Basics Video we go over CAD. CAD Stands for Computer Aided Design. During the CAD [...]

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This CNC Ecourse video covers the design for CNC.  There are a number of questions we ask as we are designing.

Really when you are designing, you are trying to describe what you are going to build.  The more accurately you can do that, the better the whole process will go.  Just like a house, if [...]

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