THE STOCK IN CNCMOTION IS THE WRONG SIZE! HOW DO I CHANGE IT?

Question: The stock in CNCmotion is the wrong size! How do I change it? Solution: This is an easy! Use the 3D Image menu! Watch the video below: .youtube_sc iframe.yp{display:none;}The Adobe Flash Player is required for video playback.Get the latest Flash Player or Watch this video on YouTube. 1,915 total...

2015-16 PDP #6: The Flange in HSM

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

on Wednesday, 09 December 2015. THE 6TH INSTALLMENT OF AN ONGOING SERIES ON HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLTW CIM CURICULUM The sixth PDP session for the 2015-16 school year was held last night. In this one, Jim shows us how to set up and machine the flange from PLTW Lesson 2.3 (Practice Machining Activity)...

HOW DO I MAKE A CONTAINER IN INVENTOR?

Written by Chris Hurd.

Question: How do I make a container for CIM class in Inventor? Solution: There are many ways to do this, and thanks to Jim, there a bunch of video tutorials to walk you through it step by step from making the part in Inventor 2015, and then putting the tool paths on it, simulating it, and posting...

How do I make Inventor default to 3 decimal places?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: How do I make Inventor default to 3 decimal places instead of two? Answer: Well, you just need to change the default dimension style. It’s a setting buried in the menu’s that is best explained in the image below. Just follow the steps and change it to the default that you want! ...

Containers: Cool designs & example files!

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: I am sick of making square or rectangular containers! Do you have any better ideas? Solution: Who says your container has to be a 3″ x 2″ x 2″ box? What do you get when you ask master teachers for some of their best container project designs ever? These! A lot of these...

What is Chip Load?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

QUESTION: What is Chip Load? ANSWER: Chip Load is defined as the thickness of material cutaway by each cutting tooth. See the explanation below in an excerpt from the downloadable powerpoint! CNJ CNC TOOLING BASICS 2,622 total views

What is Stepover?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

QUESTION: What is Stepover? ANSWER: Stepover is defined as the the space between passes of a tool during an operation. The HSM default is 95%, making a very smooth finish on a surface with a ball end mill, but it will sacrafice machine time. In other words, it’ll take forever!...

What is Depth of Cut? How Deep can I Cut on a Single Pass?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

QUESTION: What is Depth of Cut? How deep can I cut on a single pass? ANSWER: Great question! a good rule of thumb is the depth of cut shouldn’t be greater than 1/2 the diameter of the tool; especially on smaller machines. Any more than this and you risk messing up the bearings in your machine....

This is why I teach….

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

on Monday, 18 May 2015. THANKS THIEN… AND ALL OF MY FORMER STUDENTS LIKE YOU! Over the past 10 years or so, it has become a tradition in my classroom that students bring me a mug back from the college that they attended as a freshman, or their place of employment. I have mugs from community...

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