This is so useful. Fusion 360 must be one of the most underrated CAD programs available - technical drawings, realistic visuals and it talks to a CNC router!
Thanks Patrick, that really cleared up a few things for me, I'm a total noob ploughing my way through tutorials before my machine arrives. This one's certainly going on my saved list.
Thank you for the tutorial, the defines and mirroring are tricks I will try and use myself. One thing you forgot to mention and perhaps if you had turned on the wood look for the blank piece it would have jarred your memory, but some of the pieces, the bottom shelf is really the one that stands out, has the grain going the wrong way. Not a big deal if you are gong to seal and paint or veneer over, but it stands out if you are going to stain and varnish.
ahhh man I know, when i made this i was very "green" it kills me now when I look at it and see the grain direction. I keep thinking about redoing it just because. Such a newby move.
This was awesome. First time I found a flat pack tutorial that didn't just stop after joining all the pieces to the sheet of ply. Thank you sooooo much!
One question, on the sides, why put those tabs all the way through? Just more strength? Seems like it could have been more aesthetically pleasing to go 80% or something to hide the shelf support on the sides.
Hi I am building a CNC router and just learning how to use Fusion 360 for home DIY projects. This was a great video covering the whole process from design to making the parts. Many thanks for a very helpful video
This is fantastic! As far as I know you are the only one who has done a wood working video like this, from CAD to CAM to CNC! Thank you very much for doing this. Subscribed!!!
Patrick - this was an amazing tutorial, one of the best I have seen that combines the whole workflow of covering in detail design to manufacturing. It is also one of the very few that deals with wood and CNC routers vs metal milling. Simply superb! I actually watched this twice now, first time to take it all in and make some notes, and a second time following along and creating the design myself. I learnt a ton and I think there is a big appetite out there for Fusion 360 CNC router related tutorials. One question, prior to laying out the components flat on the stock for CAM, is there a best practice way of keeping a copy of the components assembled in the completed bookcase form to be used for later tweaking?
+Mark Slatem Good point. I thought about first making a copy of the parts and then laying only the copies flat. In the end I decided it was easier to work with the model with out having a duplicates. To see the assembled model I just roll the time line back.
Building my first CNC at the moment. Been using Fusion 360 for a few years now and have seen a lot of videos on it. This has been one of the best instructional videos I have seen. Very well paced, presented and a lot of good to know fundamentals.
This is an excellent tutorial showing the entire flow from sketching to cam - I learned a lot of new techniques. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.
awesome video, real parts, real production, not some stupid lame thing that doesn't ever get used or built. Even the music at the end was great. Thank You!
I would like to echo what others have said. The little details like how to manipulate the arrows on the axis indicator. Priceless! I. will be referencing this video again.
As promised, I'm referencing this video again....a year later. Still valuable info only now I'm listening for different things. In this case, it is doing the cut layout and dog bones. Have you found a method that allows the designer to do the cut layout for the CAM, while preserving the assembled view?
sbirdranch hey yes actually. Basically you just make a copy of everything then lay the copies flat. Been meaning to make a follow up video. I recently updated the nesting script as well and performs much better. I tried to put the copy thing in the script but couldn't quite get it to work.
I wish you did an entire Fusion 360 tutorial program. I would pay for it. This video was great, especially the beginning. I wish I could watch 20 beginner videos from you.
Watched this like 4 times, great tutorial, wondering how the tabs fit into the pockets with no clearance defined? I guess I need to experiment and figure it out for myself. Thanks for posting.
Ha yah that was my question when I first saw this technique. My inner mechanical engineer tolerance stack alarm was going crazy. But then I realized its plywood and not aluminum haha. Even thickness varies quite a bit in a single sheet. I found that if you have a good measurement of ply thickness (which changes with each new sheet...) designing to flush gives a nice fit. At worst a little tap with a rubber mallet gives a satisfying press fit. I think if I was using a hard wood I might design in a very small tolerance, but haven't experimented much with that.
That is a good point. It would be good to do a sample part first with one press joint to get the tolerance correct. Also modeling the tabs slightly long and sanding flush after assembly is a good safeguard against slight variations in plywood thickness
Fascinating. This will help me visualise all the steps I need to create CNC files for my machine. Although its much smaller, I should be able to make a miniature bookcase by just scaling the parameters. But I have to say that Shopbot is fantastic.
nicely done! i especially appreciated the section where the pieces are laid out in CAM - select on model. you've got a gift for presenting a pretty complicated topic to an audience with a wide range of skills. i've been learning fusion on our shopbot Max for six months - this was really helpful.
I REALLY appreciate the parameters tip. I am a programmer and always use variables when I can. I see people hardcode things too often and it drives me crazy to hunt and replace values. I will now fully embrace the Parameters concept in my drawings. Very good tutorial. I subscribed to your channel keep up the great work.
This is awesome!! Just getting started building my first machine, this is gonna be my first project. Haven't found anyther video that goes from start to finish
This was an amazing tutorial. I am going to be acquiring a CNC router in the near future and will be using it mainly to build a bunch of expanded PVC racks. Not having any experience with Fusion or CNC this really gave some good insights on the design side of things. Fingers crossed when the time comes I can nail down the CNC side of things properly. Thanks a ton
Fantastic overview video! I really wish I had seen this long ago before I learned some of these concepts bit by bit. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
This has been absolutely critical for me to understand how to lay out interlocking parts. So many little things i had not understood have been explained clearly here. Thank you so much for this. I know this is an old video, but i would love to know if you're doing anything else like this. I've just built an MPCNC and have it reliable enough i'm ready to start making some chips.
I haven't done anything else recently. I have been meaning to though. I have a few other videos on my channel you can check out in the meantime though.
Patrick Rainsberry thanks for the heads up! I've also been looking at NYcnc videos as well, but they're a bit over my head. I do have a question about the heights tab under the cam section. I don't fully understand what autodesk is trying to tell me with the different layer heights. I set it up the way that makes most sense, with no offsets, I'm afraid of crashing my shiny new carbide bit.
This was really helpful! There were a lot of new concepts like combining to cut slots and using joints to layout components on stock. Like others, I followed it step by step the second time. Thanks for putting in the time to create this. I'm definitely subscribing and look forward to more.
Wow. I started programming with featurecam before I learned 3D modeling on fusion. I have been going using both while programming our new router and fusions 2D cam seems way easier. This is going to save me so much time.
great video. just try to keep in mind grain directions when laying out your bodies on the stock, if possible. ( the top and middle shelf the wood grain is one direction but the bottom shelf the grain of the wood goes opposite direction)
+Billy T Dude that is a really good point. Thats what happens when you have a software guy trying to make something "real." Just looked at this in my office and now it totally bothers me, even though i never noticed before. HAHAHAHA.
Gracias por este video, era justamente lo que estaba buscando. Me siento muy contenta de que hayas subido el material para compartirlo. Muchas gracias :D
Ha thanks man, could have done that, but the intent of the video was really to just show how the software works as opposed to optimizing for manufacture. Good feedback though.
+evolutionxone yah i wish i had recorded that part. I'll tell you this one was pretty simple. I used polymer brads in a nail gun and just shot them about every 18" right around the perimeter. I think i had a little lift up in the center and should have putt a few out there in known waste spots i think.
+Patrick Rainsberry I am 66 years old mechanical engineer and hobbist woodworker with a great CNC machine, I am only a simple programming hack and have never learned any complex CAD CAM in my previous profession. I've attempted to learn Fusion 360 (and sketch-up before Fusion 360) Many times and watched a lot of videos with very little progress. I made more progress with this one video than in many hours prior to this. The "Parameter" tip was a huge epiphany for me. So as a NUB thank you for a simple project that covers many basics and has given me the confidence that I can learn this. I have a few basic questions . 1. I'm using the current version of Fusion 360 and can't quite figure out how you jump from manipulating the model to orbiting the model and back to selecting objects again. ( the video where you extend the shelf to the object. see time 9:05 ) 2. I accidentally made 3 objects in one body. Is there a way to move an object to a new body? 2a. Since the shelfs are multiples should the shelf be created as a component? 3. For some reason sometime when I was working with sketches, suddenly all my "Bodies" disappeared in the left browser tree and could only get them back when I did multiple undo's. AM I accidentally deleting the bodies or am I removing them from the tree and they will reappear when I select a different action / Command?
Thanks! 1 - If you hold down shift and middle mouse button you can rotate the model. Scroll wheel zooms. 2 - Yes, right click the body and select 'create component' 3 - I think what you are seeing is that when you go 'back in time' to edit the sketch you are editing a feature that was created before the bodies. Look at the timeline at the bottom of the screen. When you edit things in Fusion that happen in the 'past' those other features are hidden from view. After you edit the sketch then those features will rebuild. Hope that makes sense.
Probably too late to ask, but why are the tabs on the sides of the shelves not centered at 15:49, or am I missing something? The center of the top tab to the top is only 3.?, not 4.667.
Great video Patrick. For this and any other woodworking joinery project, how do you tolerance the mating parts? Exact sizing of mortise and tenon would seem to be a problem come assembly time. Thanks!
Actually with ply wood I do zero tolerance. Plywood is forgiving enough that it makes for a tight press fit. Sometimes a couple hits with a rubber mallet, but it hasn’t yet been a problem
Great tutorial! One thing I noticed: You didn't consider "veneer direction", or wood grain direction when you laid out the parts, so some parts will look different than your rendering. Question: I'm considering using a bit called "Lapped Miter Joint Router Bit" (or this kind of profile) for making Plywood boxes; What is the easiest way to apply this profile on all four edges of a plywood part? And would you use this router bit or would you use a combination of bits?
Yah, i made this when I was really new to woodworking. I wish I had considered grain direction. For your other question that is probably beyond my level of knowledge for woodworking.
Hello, thanks for the video! I did it like you showed but I got two pieces that I need to be snapped to the sheet edge but I can't figure out how to do this with this planar joints. Can anyone help?
I'm having a problem in the post processor for Shopbot. The file I attempt to run comes back with a VS error. It appears to be out of range. I suspect that Shopbot is looking for inches per second and it looks like the postp is providing inches per minute. Two questions; can I delete these lines in the code (vcarve doesn't define VS in their code) and how can I insure the I have the latest Post Processor where can I find the absolute latest version for Fusion360. I got my through a forum discussion it looks like it was posted two years ago. HELP!
+Jack Tinsley Once you have Fusion 360, it automatically downloads updates (including posts) so if you are using the post that Autodesk distributes then you should have the latest one. Also Fusion should always be at the latest version. That being said I have not seen that problem before, but i am not the best person to ask. For fusion 360 related questions, like "Can someone tell if i am truly using the latest post for shopbot" the best place to go is: forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360/ct-p/1234 For questions on using Shopbot like "Can i remove this line of g-code and still use it" go here: www.talkshopbot.com
This is one of the most informative videos I've looked at.
Thank you,
Roland
This video is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for putting this together!
This is so useful. Fusion 360 must be one of the most underrated CAD programs available - technical drawings, realistic visuals and it talks to a CNC router!
Thanks Patrick, that really cleared up a few things for me, I'm a total noob ploughing my way through tutorials before my machine arrives. This one's certainly going on my saved list.
Thank you for the tutorial, the defines and mirroring are tricks I will try and use myself. One thing you forgot to mention and perhaps if you had turned on the wood look for the blank piece it would have jarred your memory, but some of the pieces, the bottom shelf is really the one that stands out, has the grain going the wrong way. Not a big deal if you are gong to seal and paint or veneer over, but it stands out if you are going to stain and varnish.
ahhh man I know, when i made this i was very "green" it kills me now when I look at it and see the grain direction. I keep thinking about redoing it just because. Such a newby move.
Patrick, what can I say that has not already been said. Simply a superb tutorial! Clear, concise, complete. Thanks very much.
Thanks! Much appreciated!
Patrick, I like how you created so many parts from one sketch. Dig the Parameter table. Nice work, great video
This has been a huge help for me learning Fusion360 and setting up my CNC. Great job and thank you!
Just what I needed to get started with Fusion 360 and CNC. Thanks!
This was awesome. First time I found a flat pack tutorial that didn't just stop after joining all the pieces to the sheet of ply. Thank you sooooo much!
One question, on the sides, why put those tabs all the way through? Just more strength? Seems like it could have been more aesthetically pleasing to go 80% or something to hide the shelf support on the sides.
Hi I am building a CNC router and just learning how to use Fusion 360 for home DIY projects. This was a great video covering the whole process from design to making the parts. Many thanks for a very helpful video
This is fantastic! As far as I know you are the only one who has done a wood working video like this, from CAD to CAM to CNC! Thank you very much for doing this.
Subscribed!!!
+Clayton Spangenberg thanks man really appreciate the support. Been loving it.
+Patrick Rainsberry please keep them coming!
Patrick - this was an amazing tutorial, one of the best I have seen that combines the whole workflow of covering in detail design to manufacturing. It is also one of the very few that deals with wood and CNC routers vs metal milling. Simply superb!
I actually watched this twice now, first time to take it all in and make some notes, and a second time following along and creating the design myself. I learnt a ton and I think there is a big appetite out there for Fusion 360 CNC router related tutorials. One question, prior to laying out the components flat on the stock for CAM, is there a best practice way of keeping a copy of the components assembled in the completed bookcase form to be used for later tweaking?
+Mark Slatem Good point. I thought about first making a copy of the parts and then laying only the copies flat. In the end I decided it was easier to work with the model with out having a duplicates. To see the assembled model I just roll the time line back.
Building my first CNC at the moment. Been using Fusion 360 for a few years now and have seen a lot of videos on it. This has been one of the best instructional videos I have seen. Very well paced, presented and a lot of good to know fundamentals.
thanks!
That's awesome video. Now going to try myself your method of object creation. Thank you!
I'm a new Fusion 360 user and this video is by far one of the best I've watched for helping me get started. Thanks for doing it!
Thanks Patrick. That is the best demo for Fusion 360. Next I am going to watch it again and follow along and do the steps.
This is an excellent tutorial showing the entire flow from sketching to cam - I learned a lot of new techniques. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.
From beginning to end, you showed the whole process in great detail! Wow! Awesome video.
awesome video, real parts, real production, not some stupid lame thing that doesn't ever get used or built. Even the music at the end was great. Thank You!
I would like to echo what others have said. The little details like how to manipulate the arrows on the axis indicator. Priceless! I. will be referencing this video again.
+sbirdranch thanks man!
As promised, I'm referencing this video again....a year later. Still valuable info only now I'm listening for different things. In this case, it is doing the cut layout and dog bones.
Have you found a method that allows the designer to do the cut layout for the CAM, while preserving the assembled view?
sbirdranch hey yes actually. Basically you just make a copy of everything then lay the copies flat. Been meaning to make a follow up video. I recently updated the nesting script as well and performs much better. I tried to put the copy thing in the script but couldn't quite get it to work.
I hadn't seen the layout add in. I'll give that a try. Thanks.
I wish you did an entire Fusion 360 tutorial program. I would pay for it. This video was great, especially the beginning. I wish I could watch 20 beginner videos from you.
thanks man!!!
Watched this like 4 times, great tutorial, wondering how the tabs fit into the pockets with no clearance defined? I guess I need to experiment and figure it out for myself. Thanks for posting.
Ha yah that was my question when I first saw this technique. My inner mechanical engineer tolerance stack alarm was going crazy. But then I realized its plywood and not aluminum haha. Even thickness varies quite a bit in a single sheet. I found that if you have a good measurement of ply thickness (which changes with each new sheet...) designing to flush gives a nice fit. At worst a little tap with a rubber mallet gives a satisfying press fit. I think if I was using a hard wood I might design in a very small tolerance, but haven't experimented much with that.
That is a good point. It would be good to do a sample part first with one press joint to get the tolerance correct. Also modeling the tabs slightly long and sanding flush after assembly is a good safeguard against slight variations in plywood thickness
@@bd9494 tried this with 1/2” plywood and joints fit great.
Excellent video! I'm so glad you showed the machine making the cuts at the end. I would have been disappointed if you hadn't!
Fascinating. This will help me visualise all the steps I need to create CNC files for my machine. Although its much smaller, I should be able to make a miniature bookcase by just scaling the parameters. But I have to say that Shopbot is fantastic.
nicely done! i especially appreciated the section where the pieces are laid out in CAM - select on model. you've got a gift for presenting a pretty complicated topic to an audience with a wide range of skills. i've been learning fusion on our shopbot Max for six months - this was really helpful.
Best tutorial I've seen for Fusion 360. I learned so much. Thanks Patrick.
Holy moly - so many little bits in bobs in this tutorial helped me out!
Thank you and really well done (I know - this is 3 years old at this point)!
Muchas gracias, ha sido de mucha ayuda para los que estamos icorporando el software fusion 360. Saludos desde Entre Ríos Argentina.
Outstanding Patrick! This is a great video of how to use Fusion 360 in a wood shop. The step by step explanation is excellent.
I really like this video, the fact that you cover everything from start to a finished product was great!
I REALLY appreciate the parameters tip. I am a programmer and always use variables when I can. I see people hardcode things too often and it drives me crazy to hunt and replace values. I will now fully embrace the Parameters concept in my drawings. Very good tutorial. I subscribed to your channel keep up the great work.
Thanks man! Appreciate the feedback. If you like that style, you'll love this: th-cam.com/video/dwWDpQSrz7o/w-d-xo.html
I've been struggling to find a tutorial that goes end to end using plywood, but this was great. Thanks!
Patrick, great video, am just completing my very first F360 Design, so now know how to sort out the layout and tool-paths, many thanks.
A whole production process from scratch ... Amazing Tutorial ...
Patrick is a LEGEND!
Awesome video Patrick, superb explanation of all steps from CAD to CAM. Thanks!
Thanks for a brilliant video! It answered so many questions for me. You even showed the (almost) final product!
Great vid!
This is excellent, thanks for taking the time to produce this video.
This is awesome!! Just getting started building my first machine, this is gonna be my first project. Haven't found anyther video that goes from start to finish
This was an amazing tutorial. I am going to be acquiring a CNC router in the near future and will be using it mainly to build a bunch of expanded PVC racks. Not having any experience with Fusion or CNC this really gave some good insights on the design side of things. Fingers crossed when the time comes I can nail down the CNC side of things properly.
Thanks a ton
Great job. really very thorough. easy to understand. possibly the best tutorial i have ever watched. you went through the entire process.
Thank you, i learn a lot more from this, love the work flow, your aproach too some different things will make life easier for me. Thanks again
Fantastic overview video! I really wish I had seen this long ago before I learned some of these concepts bit by bit. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
This has been absolutely critical for me to understand how to lay out interlocking parts. So many little things i had not understood have been explained clearly here. Thank you so much for this. I know this is an old video, but i would love to know if you're doing anything else like this. I've just built an MPCNC and have it reliable enough i'm ready to start making some chips.
I haven't done anything else recently. I have been meaning to though. I have a few other videos on my channel you can check out in the meantime though.
Patrick Rainsberry thanks for the heads up! I've also been looking at NYcnc videos as well, but they're a bit over my head.
I do have a question about the heights tab under the cam section. I don't fully understand what autodesk is trying to tell me with the different layer heights. I set it up the way that makes most sense, with no offsets, I'm afraid of crashing my shiny new carbide bit.
Totally Awesome, dude! Thanks so much for sharing this!
This was really helpful! There were a lot of new concepts like combining to cut slots and using joints to layout components on stock. Like others, I followed it step by step the second time. Thanks for putting in the time to create this. I'm definitely subscribing and look forward to more.
Thank you for sharing this. It was so helpful!
This was amazing. Thank you so much. I feel so much more confident in Fusion 360. Better than their tutorials! :)
This was such a great help, exactly the kind of tutorial I've been looking for. Keep up the good work!
So many questions answered. Great video. Thank you very much.
As said by Mark, this sis an amazing tutorial, very complete! I must watch a second time, this will be with pleasure. many thanks!
Great video this was exactly what I was looking for, to learn how to lay a 3D sketch down on stock for milling.ThanksGlen
I have been following this tutorial and am finding it very helpful...Thank you.
Wow. I started programming with featurecam before I learned 3D modeling on fusion. I have been going using both while programming our new router and fusions 2D cam seems way easier. This is going to save me so much time.
Great job on this video. I watched entire video which is a compliment.
Super, super helpful. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
Excellent tutorial. I referred back to it several times. Thank you!
Thanks!!
great video. just try to keep in mind grain directions when laying out your bodies on the stock, if possible. ( the top and middle shelf the wood grain is one direction but the bottom shelf the grain of the wood goes opposite direction)
+Billy T Dude that is a really good point. Thats what happens when you have a software guy trying to make something "real." Just looked at this in my office and now it totally bothers me, even though i never noticed before. HAHAHAHA.
oops sorry , my bad. Thats what happens when your an old shop teacher... lol. i love your Cad work.
not for strength only looks
A really helpful and complete tutorial. Thank you.
Subscribed obviously.
Thank you so much... This video was very complete, and I learnt a lot!!
unreal video! thank you for taking the time to do this!
Thanks man!
Gracias por este video, era justamente lo que estaba buscando. Me siento muy contenta de que hayas subido el material para compartirlo. Muchas gracias :D
Another great video. I don't understand why you didn't spend more time nesting the parts better and save a lot of material.
Ha thanks man, could have done that, but the intent of the video was really to just show how the software works as opposed to optimizing for manufacture. Good feedback though.
Thank you for sharing the nice tutorial for beginners.
Excellent tutorial sir, thanks for posting.
Fantastic tutorial, thank you for posting!
Just great tutorial. This what i've looking for
SUPER helpful. Thank you.
great video, i needed this to start getting thing correct in my own head, thanks
Great! Thank you so much for this tutorial.
Very thorough tut. Thanks!
This is such a good video, thank you so much! Have used it a couple of times for reference already :)
This was very helpful. Thanks!
Thank you so much! Really clear and helpful! Now I can start using my newly built wooden cnc machine :)
great lesson . Thanks very much
Great tutorial! Thank you.
this helped me a lot so i hit like on this tutorial and subscribed the channel.
Thanks!
great video, beginning to end
pretty high quality tutorial. Thanks!
Amazing video. Well put together. Keep up the great work
Oh Lord, thank you for this tutorial!
thanks, well done and enjoyable!
Great video. Wish it had instructions for fixturing and physical machine setup.
+evolutionxone yah i wish i had recorded that part. I'll tell you this one was pretty simple. I used polymer brads in a nail gun and just shot them about every 18" right around the perimeter. I think i had a little lift up in the center and should have putt a few out there in known waste spots i think.
+Patrick Rainsberry I am 66 years old mechanical engineer and hobbist woodworker with a great CNC machine, I am only a simple programming hack and have never learned any complex CAD CAM in my previous profession. I've attempted to learn Fusion 360 (and sketch-up before Fusion 360) Many times and watched a lot of videos with very little progress. I made more progress with this one video than in many hours prior to this. The "Parameter" tip was a huge epiphany for me. So as a NUB thank you for a simple project that covers many basics and has given me the confidence that I can learn this. I have a few basic questions .
1. I'm using the current version of Fusion 360 and can't quite figure out how you jump from manipulating the model to orbiting the model and back to selecting objects again. ( the video where you extend the shelf to the object. see time 9:05 )
2. I accidentally made 3 objects in one body. Is there a way to move an object to a new body?
2a. Since the shelfs are multiples should the shelf be created as a component?
3. For some reason sometime when I was working with sketches, suddenly all my "Bodies" disappeared in the left browser tree and could only get them back when I did multiple undo's. AM I accidentally deleting the bodies or am I removing them from the tree and they will reappear when I select a different action / Command?
Thanks!
1 - If you hold down shift and middle mouse button you can rotate the model. Scroll wheel zooms.
2 - Yes, right click the body and select 'create component'
3 - I think what you are seeing is that when you go 'back in time' to edit the sketch you are editing a feature that was created before the bodies. Look at the timeline at the bottom of the screen. When you edit things in Fusion that happen in the 'past' those other features are hidden from view. After you edit the sketch then those features will rebuild. Hope that makes sense.
Thank you for taking the time to answer these newbee questions.
Hey Patrick, how do you handle tolerances of the tabs and pockets?
I would like to have a beer with you, great job
Probably too late to ask, but why are the tabs on the sides of the shelves not centered at 15:49, or am I missing something? The center of the top tab to the top is only 3.?, not 4.667.
Amazing tutorial! Thanks very very much!))
Super helpful!
nice tutorial! thanks for posting :)
Great video Patrick. For this and any other woodworking joinery project, how do you tolerance the mating parts? Exact sizing of mortise and tenon would seem to be a problem come assembly time. Thanks!
Actually with ply wood I do zero tolerance. Plywood is forgiving enough that it makes for a tight press fit. Sometimes a couple hits with a rubber mallet, but it hasn’t yet been a problem
Thank you!
How can we add tolerances around the cuts? You can't cut the slots the same size as the material...things won't fit.
this was a really useful video; thanks :)
Great tutorial!
One thing I noticed: You didn't consider "veneer direction", or wood grain direction when you laid out the parts, so some parts will look different than your rendering.
Question: I'm considering using a bit called "Lapped Miter Joint Router Bit" (or this kind of profile) for making Plywood boxes; What is the easiest way to apply this profile on all four edges of a plywood part? And would you use this router bit or would you use a combination of bits?
Yah, i made this when I was really new to woodworking. I wish I had considered grain direction. For your other question that is probably beyond my level of knowledge for woodworking.
Hello, thanks for the video! I did it like you showed but I got two pieces that I need to be snapped to the sheet edge but I can't figure out how to do this with this planar joints. Can anyone help?
I'm having a problem in the post processor for Shopbot. The file I attempt to run comes back with a VS error. It appears to be out of range. I suspect that Shopbot is looking for inches per second and it looks like the postp is providing inches per minute. Two questions; can I delete these lines in the code (vcarve doesn't define VS in their code) and how can I insure the I have the latest Post Processor where can I find the absolute latest version for Fusion360. I got my through a forum discussion it looks like it was posted two years ago. HELP!
+Jack Tinsley Once you have Fusion 360, it automatically downloads updates (including posts) so if you are using the post that Autodesk distributes then you should have the latest one. Also Fusion should always be at the latest version.
That being said I have not seen that problem before, but i am not the best person to ask.
For fusion 360 related questions, like "Can someone tell if i am truly using the latest post for shopbot" the best place to go is:
forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360/ct-p/1234
For questions on using Shopbot like "Can i remove this line of g-code and still use it" go here:
www.talkshopbot.com
My Z axis is not oriented correctly. How would I change it to face up?
I find out why? I need it to make the Stock Body to a component. Still a great Tutorial !!!!!