| Description |
1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Maker innovations series |
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Maker innovations series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Authors -- About the Technical Reviewer -- About This Book -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Computer-Aided Design -- Introduction -- History -- Some Basic Concepts and Notions -- Parametric Design -- File Formats -- Open Source, Free, and Commercial Software -- Open Source -- GIMP -- Inkscape -- Blender -- FreeCAD -- OpenSCAD -- Free Software -- Commercial Software -- So Get Creative! -- Chapter 2: Laser Cutters -- History -- How They Function -- Accessories -- Filters -- Air Assist -- Cutting Beds -- Types of Lasers -- Materials -- Running the Machine |
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Designing Objects -- Sending Files to the Machine -- Finding the Right Settings -- Never, Ever, Launch a Long Job Without a Test -- Maintenance -- Cleaning Your Optics and Encoders -- Alignment of Mirrors and Lens -- Placement, Power -- Safety -- Applications of Laser Cutters -- What Are the Professionals Making? -- What Can YOU Make? -- Snap-Fit, Just Assemble, and Go! -- Folding Wood and Plastics, Snijlab, and Hasso Plattner -- Stacking Layers -- Engraving and Decoration -- Printed Circuit Boards -- Making More Machines -- So Get Creative! -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Vinyl Cutting -- History |
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How They Work -- Types -- Materials -- Software: How to Run the Machine -- Settings -- Weeding -- Finishing Your Product -- Safety and Maintenance -- Safety -- Maintenance -- Applications -- Multicolored, Complex Designs -- Wrapping -- Stencils, Sandblasting -- Multilayered Circuits -- Screenprinting (Silk Screen) -- Summary -- Chapter 4: CNC Milling -- History -- How They Work -- Types -- Materials -- Wood and Derived Materials -- Plastics and Composites -- Tougher Stuff -- Aluminum -- Tooling -- Different Kinds of Cutters and Tools -- Software: Running the Machine -- Toolpath Generation |
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Milling Parameters -- 2D Milling -- 3D Milling -- Toolpath Simulation -- Setting Up and Running -- Safety and Maintenance -- Tools Spinning at High Speed Can Shatter or Start a Fire! -- Keeping Your Machine in Good Shape -- Applications -- Small but Precise -- Big and Powerful -- Furniture -- Houses and Shelters -- Beehives -- Boats -- Skates and Skis -- Guitars and Other Stringed Instruments -- Summary -- Chapter 5: 3D Printers -- Introduction -- History -- How They Work -- Material Extrusion -- Photopolymerization -- Material Jetting -- Binder Jetting -- Powder Bed Fusion |
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Direct Energy Deposition -- Sheet Lamination -- Materials -- Software: Running the Machine -- Safety -- Maintenance -- Applications -- Usage in Industry and Commercial Applications -- Bioprinting -- What You Can Make -- Master Yoda, or "Test Print Realize This, You Must" -- Another Machine, or Machines Making Machines -- Molds -- Printing with Food -- Metal Casting -- Hold: Hooks and Holders -- Timekeeping with Shadows and Lights -- Helping Hands -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Other Machines -- Plasma Cutting -- Waterjet Cutting -- Electric Discharge Machining -- CNC Lathes -- Hot-Wire Cutter |
| Summary |
Take control of your machine building and production processes with computer-run tools to safely use, or even build, a durable machine for use in your garage or even a startup company. This book provides best practices for laser cutters, 3D printers, CNC mills, vinyl cutters, and more. You'll begin by learning the history of digitally controlled tools, as well as how they work and what materials you can use with them. With this knowledge, you won't just learn how to make common machines work, you'll go to the next level and build your own machine--whether that be a plasma cutter or a CNC milling machine. You will learn how they use these tools to create amazing products, art, and even new machines! You'll also find handy overviews of tools, software, and materials to use in a reference appendix. After reading Mastering Digitally Controlled Machines you'll be able to create something for yourself, your community, or your company. What You'll Learn Use accessible computer-controlled machines safely to make anything you want to buildFit the right tool and materials with the right projects Build your own CNC machine custom tailored to your project's needs Who This Book Is For People who want to understand how accessible computer-controlled tools work and build any kind of product themselves. Makerspaces, Fab Labs, and similar spaces will benefit. And people who want to create prototypes and products for themselves or their company/ startup, or to start creating prototypes without much prior knowledge |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Manufacturing processes -- Technological innovations
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Cutting machines.
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Milling-machines -- Numerical control.
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Three-dimensional printing.
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3-D printing.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ingrassia, Daniele, author
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| ISBN |
9781484298497 |
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1484298497 |
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