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Carbide 3D CDC Printer
The Carbide 3D CNC Printer has the ability to cut through soft metals, wood, and plastic. It looks a lot like a 3D printer, but instead of printing a figure, it carves one. This machine has the ability to academically benefit not only STEM majors, but students from a variety of disciplines!
Setting Up the CDC Printer
- Upload your design file into Carbide Create
- Click on the settings icon. This is where you enter the dimensions of the material you are cutting into.
- Change the stock width and height
- Machine is the Nomad 883
*If there is already a drawing in the program's design space clear this and upload your file
Setting Tool Paths
- Select the part of your design that you want to cut first
- Create a tool path by choosing either contour or vcarve
- Select the tool you are using fro each tool path
- Leave on automatic speed
- Set max depth to slightly thicker than desired cut depth
- Set your offset direction as needed
- Repeat until all sections of drawing are completed
- Once all tool paths have been set either save the Gcode to a file. If carbide motion is open and printer is connected send to carbide motion
*if using on Mac make sure screen is maximized so that you can see the save to Gcode and send to carbide motion options
Carbide Motion
- Go to the jog tab and follow the on screen instructions
- Click the measure tool
- Using the onscreen interface and arrow keys set zeros by default. Zero is bottom left corner. You should only be able to fit a piece of paper between the machine and the material you are cutting into to
- Once this is done click set zeroes, then click zero all
- Finally click on the run tab, and then click begin project