We recently caught up with Max Allstadt, entrepreneur and independent CNC contractor out of Brooklyn, New York. Max is an avid Rhinoceros modeler and has been using RhinoCAM Professional with his ShopSaber CNC router since 2017. Prior to starting his own shop Max was a carpenter and an administrative assistant to Israeli-Canadian architect, urban designer, […]
Michael Blase has been in the photography business serving the theatrical advertising market from lower Manhattan since 1995. Today Blase Photography creates photographs of constructed realities for performers, directors, designers and event organizers. Here’s the catch. Michael does not rely on CGI. He builds complete sets and props for the models, actors or performers to […]
In Part 1 of this tutorial we showed you how the Create Puffed Volume command in MecSoft’s VisualART module was used to transform Doug McIntosh’s 2D drawing of the Hancock Central School’s Bulldog mascot into a 3D mesh that is suitable for machining. In Part 2 below we show you how the VisualCAD/CAM MILL module […]
MecSoft Corporation is proud to announce the release of CAMJam 2020, the Video & Document Training Companion set for our popular VisualCAD/CAM®, RhinoCAM®, VisualCAM® for SOLIDWORKS and AlibreCAM® CAM modules. This year CAMJam again lives up to its name by being jammed full of both video and document based training materials for new and experienced […]
In this project from Doug McIntosh, volunteer instructor at Hancock Central School, Hancock MI, a plaque of the HCS Bulldog is first machined in wood and then in aluminum from stock measuring 8” x 8” x 5/8”. This aluminum core is then used to press a hollow cavity into sand that has been treated with […]
3 Axis Parallel Finishing is the most commonly used toolpath strategy in the MecSoft CAM Milling plugin. It can be used either as a pre-finishing operation or as a finishing operation. In this cut method, the cutter is restricted to follow the contours of the 3-dimensional surface or solid in the Z axis while being […]
The fretboard of an Appalachian dulcimer crafted by McCafferty Dulcimers can include from up to 25 different standard patterns and growing, and also have the option for custom patterns as requested. In the following sections we discuss how Terry approaches the machining of the mother-of-pearl inlays as well as the inlay pocketing. Two of Terry’s […]
Get your Free 2020 Resource Guide available for each MecSoft desktop CAM solution including VisualCAD/CAM 2020, RhinoCAM 2020, VisualCAM 2020 for SOLIDWORKS and AlibreCAM 2020. Each guide contains 18 pages packed full of resources with direct download links to What’s New guides, Quick Start Guides, Best Practices Guides, References Guides, free tutorials and more! This […]
West Penn Manufacturing Technologies (WPMT) located in Cresson, PA is a 40,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and fabricating facility with 80+ years of combined manufacturing experience on site. Their services include a full range of metal and nonmetallic cutting from .005 thick to 6 inches thick using waterjet, LASER, HD Plasma, MIG and TIG welding, CNC […]
In Part 1 of this tutorial we covered G-Code Editor basics, typical workflow, quick editing, and how cutting tools are used by the editor. In Part 2 below we will cover g-code analysis and more advanced editing.
