Basic CNC help

Jonesy · 07-13-2012, 01:26 PM

Need some help related to CNC's.

Have a Bridgeport at work with a digital controller with X and Y servos. Manual Z. I can do some basic programming via the screen but it is very time consuming and tedious. I contacted the company that made the controller (its old, mid 90's) and the program for it only runs on windows 3.1 and is still $5k.

Not doing anything fancy at all. Just repeated hole patterns, angled slots, a few radius cuts, and some basic pocket designs.

So any suggestions on a basic G-code, tool path program that I can use?

07-13-2012, 01:26 PM	#1
Jonesy Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Piner, KY Posts: 141	Basic CNC help Need some help related to CNC's. Have a Bridgeport at work with a digital controller with X and Y servos. Manual Z. I can do some basic programming via the screen but it is very time consuming and tedious. I contacted the company that made the controller (its old, mid 90's) and the program for it only runs on windows 3.1 and is still $5k. Not doing anything fancy at all. Just repeated hole patterns, angled slots, a few radius cuts, and some basic pocket designs. So any suggestions on a basic G-code, tool path program that I can use? __________________ JT Jones 83 Toyota - beater 87 Toyota Truggy