After looking at the melting point of plastics, I realized that the plastic that I tried to cut, polystyrene, actually melts at temperatures ranging from 70 to 115 degree centigrade. This was very low indeed. No wonder it melted. From […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Currently, what I did to obtain a zero position for my z-axis was to manually command jog linuxCNC to lower the z-axis until the milling tool touched the work piece and then set this position as the zero home position. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I liked the idea of engraving on plastic cd’s because firstly, they were attractive even by themselves, with reflective coatings and rainbow colors produced from the light interferences. Secondly, I had lots of them because nowadays, many companies like to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…