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CNC SIGN PROJECTS – CNC DESIGN SOFTWARE

 Part 3 CNC DESIGN SOFTWARE This is the third post  of this CNC Sign Projects series and I promised to talk about the CNC Design Software I used. In the last post I talked about taking a photo and doing some editing with Photoshop. The reason we needed a photo image is so that it […]

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CNC SIGN PROJECT – DESIGN DILEMMA

Part 2 When I began this CNC Sign Project design I had a dilemma. Ashlee originally requested a  sign with a generic picture of a Holstein cow. She did not have a really good grasp on exactly what she wanted she just wanted a sign. I think that not knowing what you want is probably […]

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CNC SIGN PROJECTS

CNC SIGN PROJECTS Part One   I have been working on a new CNC sign project for my neighbor Ashlee. Ashlee wants a sign with a picture of one of her registered Holstein cows on it. This has been a fun project so I thought I would try something new. I will blog about the […]

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Students Won Best CNC Learning Project Award

`  Students Won Best CNC Learning Project Award Morrisville State College Mechanical Engineering and Technology program students won Best CNC Learning Project Award at the 2012 Americas H.T.E.C. Conference. As I recently blogged, the Morrisville M.E.T. class senior Capstone project was to build a working CNC Router table.  After the project was competed, Educators John […]

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Students Make a CNC Router Table – First time Cutting

I recently posted about how I helped some students make a CNC Router Table for their Mechanical Engineering Technology course.  The Capstone projects assignment was to design and build a CNC Router table for manufacture. The M.E.T. program focuses on Engineering with an eye towards manufacturing. Students  learn the design, engineering and machining skills needed […]

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