Never leave you cnc alone, even for a few seconds.

It takes a few trial and errors and several bits breaking/flying around your workshop. Learning how to use a cnc is note easy but very satisfying in the end.

It's a nice open source solution that even runs on raspberry pi, with all the options for probing, tool length. If i need to mill a pocket, I like Cambam to generate that specific gcode (i don't use pockets much so i've used a demo this far)ģ_ bcnc/grbl to actually control the cnc. It's quite complete but lacks a few options. A nice software which i use to generate the gcode from dxf file. The trickiest part is to find a font compatible with cnc engraving (single line) qcad has a few.Ģ_ dxf2gcode. Any 2d CAD might work as long as you can export dxf. I make my own front panels with a small cnc and my workflow is mostly open source and free and is as follow:ġ_ Qcad for drawing the front panel but I might switch to Front Panel Designer in the near future. I don't think you need fusion 360 for front panels, it's mostly a 2d job.

Inkscape dxf dxf2gcode