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By coincidence I just did a couple of CNC cutting gigs. It just came out of nowhere. It's not programming but still interesting and really refreshing since it's
by threesixandnine 11y ago
By coincidence I just did a couple of CNC cutting gigs. It just came out of nowhere. It's not programming but still interesting and really refreshing since it's tangible. You can learn simple stuff quickly.
I have to disappoint you. Finding clients is always time-consuming. Not really painful but sometimes can be hard and you feel like there are 1m thick steel walls everywhere.
- dragons 11y agoDid you go into the CNC gigs with some experience, or were you brand new to it?
- threesixandnine 11y agoWas and still am a complete newbie. Over coffee a friend told me they got some new tooling (tool on the CNC table - vacuum holding it down) and they needed someone quickly to set it up. I just grabbed the opportunity not knowing what I was getting myself into. Read machine manual and went on to read about G-code. In 48 hours I was able to produce working G-code and off we went cutting. Shorty after I landed another simple gig and now the third is around the corner. Mind you this is simple, practically 2D cutting process.