[SML] Pancake Bot

Jerry Durand jdurand at interstellar.com
Thu Dec 8 17:10:54 UTC 2016



On 12/08/2016 06:14 AM, Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft wrote:
>
> Pardon the pedantry, but doesn't "CNC" stand for "Computer Numberic
> Control?"  CNC only becomes a cutter when you put "router" after it. 
> A 3d printer is a CNC device, right?
>
> Steve L.
>
>

or "mill" or "laser" or "termite" or ...

Of course CNC was developed for milling machines so people tend to think
that's what you're talking about. 

Modern 3D printers use the same g-code that the early milling machines
used.  Like DMX-512, it just keeps on ticking...

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