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
   flutes
   coatings
   center-cutting
   up/down cut
   flat/ball end

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 machining, grinding

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

sacrificial layers, squaring

dust collection

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

fasteners, glues

joints, joinery, reciprocal frame, tensegrity, Maxwell criterion

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

welding
   arc
   MIG (metal inert gas)
   TIG (tungsten inert gas)
   spot
   friction
   ultrasonic

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