To go from CNC to Laser, you’ll need a repeatable origin. The same goes for 3D printing to CNC/Laser. I have guides on making repeatable origins for the laser and CNC and have done combo projects.
Laser:
My rotary guide (found here ) seemed to be well received, so I’m going to move onto the laser. This guide will be a bit shorter, as it’s not too involved, but is mostly to help increase repeatability, accuracy, and quality of your laser projects.
Likely any machinist will say a repeatable, accurate origin is a key component in quality production. You gotta know exactly where you start to know where you’re gonna end right? I know the snapmaker method is just eyeball it, be it with a mark and lini…
CNC:
Alright, this guide is going to be a bit more quick and dirty than my other guides, since it’s mostly a setup and has a lot of variables you can play with. I’ll try to supplement with pictures though!
Combo project from the CNC Guide;
For 3d printing, you SHOULD be able to manage it if you load your model into your CAM software and match up your origin. I did this with laser when I was doing my Non-planar laser guide.
Non-Planar Laser Guide:
Sorry for taking so long to get this out, but here’s a guide following how I did the non-planar engraving examples.
NOTE: This is not completely comprehensive, I’m sure there’s several ways to do this, including custom post-processors, custom tools etc. This is just the method I used and the examples within are very simple, more complex use cases can be done and may require tricks not outlined here.
First off, I’m not great at Fusion360 yet, my job doesn’t afford me too much time to just sit a…
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