Hello!
I recently got a CNC router, and I’m seeking to document & perform the process of getting “Hello World” (“Hola Mundo”, as I’m in Colombia) etched into a piece of wood.
The high level process is:
(1) Draw “Hello world” / “Hola mundo” onto a piece of paper using a thick permanent marker
(2) Take a picture of the text, and vectorize it (anyone have suggestions on good, open source vectorizing tools?)
(3) Cleanup in Inkscape, export to SVG
[ This is where I need your help ]
(4) Import SVG into FreeCAD
(5) Generate the CAD & CAM objects, design, settings etc
(6) Export from FreeCAD to G-code
(7) Use UGS (Universal G-code Sender) to send & operate the CNC router, and carve the shapes into wood.
The past several nights, I’ve been reading about FreeCAD, watching tutorials - and I just haven’t found a video or text tutorial which has this simple “Here’s a (2D) shape in SVG, and here’s how to etch it into wood”. Perhaps you know such a guide?
What I’d love to do is pair (as in pair-program, pair-collaborate) with someone, who could walk me through this process, so I can get my “MVP” done, and also document it (screenshots, video, etc), so others can benefit too.
Hopefully some folks can kindly share their workflow & steps here, along with helpful guides/videos.
If you’re interested in the pairing mission, I’ll pay you for your time, and hopefully we can create something useful. You can message me directly.
Thank you!
// JRO