Any recommendations for #Android apps to send #GCode and generally control a #CNC router via USB? I used to have my desktop plugged into it, but now they're in different rooms and I don't have a USB cable that long lol.

Google Play seems to be increasingly garbage at finding good apps... top search result is Genmitsu from Sain NeXT, which I presume may be something from Sain Smart. Might give it a go.

Hello all,

At work we got a Carvey by Inventables CNC machine from our IT department. We thought this was really cool and we'd get good use out of it. Until we saw what the annual subscription to Easel Pro is. That's....not an insignificant portion of our annual program budget. IT was like "lolno" at paying for a sub.

So I'm looking for free/near free alternatives.

Is the base #STL files? If so, #Inkscape is the best for those? What about for making the #gCode? I saw #CNCJs, but I don't know. This is beyond my limited expertise with with 3D printing.

Thanks for any help.

#GCODE #SVG #plotter https://github.com/beardicus/awesome-plotters#g-code

I think there might be some stuff missing, like http://www.polargraph.co.uk/
but I'm not sure if I know enough to try a PR...

The plot thickens

This fella on youtube, abom79; I've been watching his videos for a year or two now. He's a #machinst, and is an absolute natural at hand machining things. Dude knows his work.

He keeps acquiring #CNC gear, and absolutely struggling with #GCODE or the "conversational" GCODE for the absolutely *fucking massive* industrial CNC machining gear.

Almost every 3rd video he does on the CNC gear is him admitting his weakness on GCODE, and I can't help but wonder if he got a small form factor #3DPrinter or small form factor CNC #MillingMachine would help him level up his CAD experience.

I just feel so bad for a guy held back by technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79CWuVYaFfw