We also want to remove EnRoute from the workflow because what happens is that we create a drawing and then when people bring it into EnRoute to convert it they make changes to it and keeping track of current revisions becomes a mess because we have these 'adjusted' drawings in addition to the actual drawings. Part of the incentive to upgrade to something else (this is what i am being told) is apparently SolidWorks and a few other apps will (supposedly) export the correct format. The only reason we use EnRoute is because the old version of Ke圜reator they use won't export to a format that the CNC router will use. This method relies on Locating Holes to find the point X0 Y0 after the stock has been re-positioned.I think you may have helped me in that per your suggestion I looked around and it appears that perhaps this TAP file is indeed just plain old G-Code.

(Shortly after finishing MkII, I realised that the plywood is no good and remade it out of metal :-)

Unfortunately some of the parts (supports running along the Y axis) were longer than the working area of the router so it was time to get creative. Basically I made the first version out of plywood using hand tools, then I used it to cut out all the pieces again with more accuracy. I've come up with this method while I was making my own DIY CNC router MkII. OK, I know that it's still better to have a large CNC router rather than using this method, but larger machines tend to be quite pricey and take up more space. Well, now you don't need one! I will show you how you can use your CNC router to cut pieces longer that it's working area. Do you sometimes wish you had a bigger CNC router, to be able to cut larger parts?

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