Computer-Controlled Machining

    projects
       Standing Desk, Opendesk, AtFab
       Shelter 2.0, yourHOUSE, Wikihouse, FabHouse, Fab Lab House

    machines
       Shaper
       Maslow
       ShopBot
       Onsrud
       Tormach
       Haas
       Hurco
       Zund
       MTM Fellesverkstedet

    stock
       cardboard
       rigid foam insulation (gesso, heat gun)
       veneer plywood
       Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF)
       Medium Density Overlay (MDO)
       Oriented Strand Board (OSB), finishing
       Valchromat
       HDPE
       Lexan, polycarbonate
       Garolite
       Aluminum, Composite Panel

    vendors
       McMaster-Carr
       US Plastics
       Piedmont Plastics
       Admiral Metals
       Home Depot
       Boulter Plywood
       Steritt Lumber
       Beacon Sales

    job shops
       Proto Labs
       JLCPCB
       Star Rapid
       Yubo Precision
       DSH
       Cycle Start
       Fast Forward Composites
       SendCutSend
       Xometry

    tooling
       drills vs mills
       router, V bits
       number of flutes
       coatings
       center-cutting
       up, down, straight cut
       flat/ball end
       tapered
       extra long

    speeds and feeds
       chip load: ~ 0.001-0.010"
          feed rate (inches per minute) / (RPM x number of flutes)
       cut depth: ~ tool diameter
       step-over: ~ tool diameter/2

    lubricants

    abrasive slurry, bits, grinding

    fixturing
       vises
       bar clamps
       screws
       nails, nailers
       vacuum
       wedges
       weights
       glue
       tape
       encapsulation

    sacrificial layers, squaring

    dust collection

    fasteners, glues

    flexures, living hinges, kerfing, steam bending, wacky wood

    joints, joinery, reciprocal frame, tensegrity, Maxwell criterion

    folding

    toolpaths
       kerf, offset, runout
       conventional, climb
       rough/finish cuts
       high-speed, dry, ramping, adaptive clearing, swarf, rest, trochoidal
       one-sided, two-sided, registration
       2, 2.5, 3, 4, 3+2, 5 axis
       tool length compensation
       cut depth, clearance, collisions
       T-bones, dog-bones
       tabs, onion skinning
       nesting
       lead-in, -out
       test cuts, cutting air
       simulation
       prototyping

    CAM
       CAMotics
       VCarvePro
       FeatureCAM
       Mastercam
       HSMWorks
       CAMWorks
       Freecad Path
       Solidworks CAM
       Fusion 360
       OpenBuilds
       mods outline rough finish

    file formats
       .rml
       .sbp
       .g
       .ord

    safety
       training
       splinters, cuts, burns, impacts, fires
       tool breaking
       glasses, shoes, clothes, hair, gloves
       look, listen, smell
       your hand is not a tool
       don't reach into a powered tool
       emergency stop, assistance
       personal state

    assignment
       group assignment
          do your lab's safety training
          test runout, alignment, fixturing, speeds, feeds, materials,
             and toolpaths for your machine
       individual assignment
          make (design+mill+assemble) something big (~meter-scale)
          extra credit: don't use fasteners or glue
          extra credit: include curved surfaces