CNC machining, CAM development, and open-source manufacturing. I work on the CAM workbench in FreeCAD.
The Machines Are Getting Cheap. The Toolpaths Are Not.
Something big is happening in desktop CNC. I don’t think most people see the problem hiding inside it. I work on the CAM workbench in FreeCAD. A lot of people have been sending me Facebook and Kickstarter links to a new wave of desktop milling machines. I’ve spent years thinking about how toolpaths get made and what they cost. So when I look at these machines, I don’t see what the Kickstarter videos show. I see a gap. This post is about that gap. ...