CNC guys-best way to go from Solidworks to router?

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 THECANDLEMAN wrote:

kevin since your in Glasgow get in touch with the guys at MAKLAB
http://maklab.co.uk/

when they first opened at the lighthouse in town I joined and learnt how to use their cnc machine and was shown how to use vcarv

If you book time on the cnc machine and have a chat with the guys theyll show you the basics of whatever software (id guess something much better than vcarv now) they are using.

by the end of using the place I made about 8 norm hogs out of various types of wood then cut 12 custom hogs after learning how their machine, software and timings for the use of the space worked

The guys are really helpful and if they cant help they'll point you in a helpful direction.

Haha that's exactly the place. 

I went down for a quick chat before, earlier last year, just for a very quick look at the building they use for CNC and "big" work, though we didn't actually talk about software and details like that at that point. 

Discussing what i'd be looking to use the facilities for, funnily enough the guy was showing me that someone was already in the process of building some speakers and had a few panels cut (he'd gave me a time to visit expecting that person to be in working so I could meet them and see some of their work, though they hadn't actually made it down that day after all!). As they were quite clearly scoops, I laughed and said there was a good chance it was also someone one here, and was very possibly your work he was showing me! 

The immediate work I need done just now is some metal brackets for some speakers I have already built, and to maybe look at come custom grills for some speakers I have, so I'll probably join around the end of the month and get a shot of the plasma cutter first and do that, maybe also look at the laser cutter and get some stencils made for flight cases. 

Then over the summer, depending on how much work I have on that'll hopefully be when I'll get into making some proper sawdust and getting some new cabs built. 

k