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Solid State Depot is THE Boulder Makerspace. Founded in 2010 at a local coffee shop, we have graduated to our own space at 5765 Arapahoe Ave, Unit B, 80303. We have a comprehensive set of tools and have developed quite the community.
Have no clue what a makerspace is? Simple, it's a place for hackers, tinkerers, makers, artists, musicians, engineers, scientists, crafters, gamers, players and doers to get to together, work on projects, share ideas and create something great. They're often referred to as a hackerspace, shared workshop, makershop, and many more.
Come visit us at Solid State Depot every Thursday night, 5:00PM, where we offer an open house-style meetup. Here we open ourselves up to the public to show off our space, our projects and ourselves. Whether you're a veteran maker or are completely new to makerspaces, we invite you to come and see what we're all about. Our members' interests range from software, hardware, electronics, woodworking, machining, welding, art, sewing, crafting, sustainability, interactivity, philosophy to many other areas. If you have an idea you want to get off the ground, if you don't have the space or tools to work on a project, if you're looking for like-minded folks, if you need help brainstorming, if you just want a place to hang out and chat, we're here for you. Other meetups include workshops, classes and other events, so stay tuned.
If you would like to become a full-time, paying member, please visit our website for more information: https://www.ssdmakerspace.org. Membership gets you 24/7 access to the space, access to all of our tools and supplies (with proper training), discounts on classes/workshops and supplies, and access to all the wonderful members of our community.
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FreeCAD CAM - Learn to CNC parts with FreeCAD
Solid State Depot, 5765 Arapahoe Ave, Unit B, Boulder, CO, USInterested in cutting some parts on our Shopbot or Tormach but want to use FreeCAD instead of Fusion? Join us for an intro to the FreeCAD CAM workbench!
Disclaimer: This is not a shopbot training class. Look out for a class called "Wood CNC Router Training: Learn to ShopBot!" normally taught by Andrew, and post in our cnc-router slack channel to get certified.
This class will be a mixture of lecture/demo instruction, and towards the end there will be some personalized instruction tailored to the interests of the attendees.
In this intro session we will cover the following:
- CAM workbench setup
- Creating a job
- Adding tools
- Creating an operation
- Multiple operations and tools
- Rest machining
- Simulation
- Verifying the toolpath
- Post-processing and file naming
- Minor modifications to g-code necessary for our shopbot (LinuxCNC)
Required equipment:
- A laptop capable of running FreeCAD. Can be Linux, Windows, or MacOS. Don't forget the power supply!
- There are no officially published system requirements but it tends to be pretty forgiving. If you aren't sure about specs please send me a message. You can try it out by downloading it here https://www.freecad.org/downloads.php
- If you don't have a laptop but still would like to join, please contact me and I will see if I can provide something for you to use during the class.
- A mouse, which is pretty much essential for CAD.
While I will try to accommodate everyone’s experience level it would be best if you are familiar with the FreeCAD user interface and navigation workflow before attending this. Ideally you should already be able to create a simple part in the Part Design workbench.
Due to time constraints we will likely not cut any actual material on the machine in this class. The most we will do is possibly take an example g-code file generated using the CAM workbench and open it on the LinuxCNC controller to verify origin points and coordinate systems.
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