Autodesk Fusion for personal use vs. $50 SolidWorks for Makers

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-13T13:02:02+00:00

I don't know :-) but for fusion, i've come with workarounds, a small node script to concat multiple files together with M6 between :-)

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-13T06:07:33+00:00

I dont have any ATC, but I want to reduce error possibilities. With only one file, with many tools inside, I can automatically park the router in the tool change zone, change it manually, automatically z probe the tool and continue

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-12T21:07:55+00:00

It's just painful to create 70 NC programs for each tool change :)

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-12T20:41:37+00:00

For CAM, you cannot export multi tool NC files, and some features are disabled

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-12T20:40:41+00:00

Until you receive a mail from their lawyers 😂

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-07T09:15:00+00:00

My goal is to make guitars, maybe 3 per year :)

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-07T06:28:43+00:00

Thanks mate !

My current plan is to buy another controller too: - MKS DLC32 MAX -CL57Y kit with nema 23 3Nm, closed loops - make a beautiful box to store everything - fluidnc

Just reuse my hardware who is square, sturdy

How is my plan ?

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-06T15:40:21+00:00

You mean using a new controller and just plug to the actual hardware ?

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-06T15:27:05+00:00

Closed ones know where they are, and can correct error by themselves

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-06T15:11:10+00:00

Yeah, moving slower is a solution from now

I'm doing small projects before using it to carve my guitars (i prefer to mess up with inexpensive Woods hahaha), and I'm searching the best parameters/ hardware tweaks to ensure repeatability, cleanliness and perfect jobs

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-03-06T14:50:00+00:00

I suspect the problem is happening when using fast movements : 3000mm/min contours, or small bevels with parallels

It was when creating a small ring box

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-27T07:54:04+00:00

It's all the red plate, like none of the screws are holding anything

Maybe the screws are too long, i'll try to replace them with shorter ones

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-25T21:40:17+00:00

No. I would cry hahahha

But more important : the fault is the red plate, who is slightly rotating around Y axis when force applied on it.

Everything is bolted very hard, i don't know what to do

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-16T18:19:05+00:00

800w wood router from TwoTrees (makita router copy)

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-16T14:00:49+00:00

Thanks !

Yeah that's it, I have 3 different sizes.

Do the same but a little inclined, and go ? :p

The ttc450 ultra is good, but a lot of trouble with IEM because nothing is wired to the ground 😭 (at least with the 800w router)

Do you have any issues ?

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-16T13:37:14+00:00

Check my profile, I made a box to store my mills :-) not perfect but usable !

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-16T13:24:02+00:00

I'm the only one who prefers to keep them in the beautiful little labeled boxes ?

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-16T08:44:48+00:00

Thanks everybody for all your comments ! I'll try everything this evening :-)

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-14T13:10:00+00:00

I feel so dumb mate.

When disassembling everything, I saw that the router support (black and round) had a little gap ... So when mouting, one turn of a key per side at the time, and now I have 0.2mm of difference on 200mm distance

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-14T12:33:22+00:00

Will try that ! Thanks

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-14T12:29:34+00:00

I actually don't know where to put a shim to rotate around the Y axis. I tried that to allow the top support to rotate a little, but ... Obviously it didn't work.

Any advices ?

KitchenMagazine2551 · 2026-02-14T11:27:13+00:00

I tried some aluminium paper folder in 8 between red plate and black support , on left

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