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I purchased a Genmitsu PROVerXL 4030to start getting into CNC routing/milling, with the possibility of also adding in laser down the road. I did dome experimenting and had some ok results, but I'd like to learn to do more than just find things on the internet to mill out. They gate a trial of their Carveco software, but I don't want to pay a monthly/yearly ransom for the 'privilege' of using their software. Does anyone have any recommendation for decent, ideally free, software that can be used to create the GCode files to run the router? I'm not against paying for some software as long as it's reasonably priced and perpetual. I'm just not doing this SaaS nonsense.
My second question for now is does anyone have any recommendation for some cheap material to get started with for testing/experimenting? Wood isn't exactly cheap these days, but I'm also not sure there's really anything cheaper, but if anyone has any recommendations, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Dave
My second question for now is does anyone have any recommendation for some cheap material to get started with for testing/experimenting? Wood isn't exactly cheap these days, but I'm also not sure there's really anything cheaper, but if anyone has any recommendations, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Dave