<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the insight David<div><br></div><div>I wasn't thinking of any particular brand or machine, but Tools for schools sells this one</div><div><br></div><div>KJ3030 CNC ENGRAVER MACHINE</div><div><br></div><div>Looks ok. 300mm x 300mm table will be enough for projects. Anyone any experience with this?</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 at 10:22, David Pitt <<a href="mailto:dpitt@huntingtower.vic.edu.au">dpitt@huntingtower.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I’ve worked at a school that had one in the past.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The pro: <br>
You can definitely do some things with a CNC that are difficult, or painstaking, with hand or jig routing.
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Once you learn the basics of Vcarve or whatever software, the entry level stuff kids are likely to need to do is pretty easy to accommodate.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The neg:<br>
It was noisy – it needed a separate room from the rest of the space, acoustically insulated.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We really needed to have a technician to queue up and coordinate jobs, as it got a lot of use over time<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The changing of bits, maintenance and so on was a bit of a time-eating proposition.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>If you can get one, it’s well worth it. For 4k you might struggle though, as cheaper ones tend to fall out of alignment and calibration easier and that’s just a bigger headache over time. Did you
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cheers, and good luck.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was wondering if anyone had an insight into having a CNC router at their school they would like to share?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My school is looking at purchasing one and has around $4k.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I only have limited experience with CNC that I got at TAFE<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I simply want one that i can do some small things and hopefully work into a project or two.<u></u><u></u></p>
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