Good morning all I was just wondering where everyone’s located I am Massachusetts purchase my one infinity a year ago just getting around to setting it up looking for someone to help me with the computer end of it willing to pay thanks
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that is an expensive piece of kit to have lying around for a year. I wish you good fortune in your CNC adventure. I am in Wilmington North Carolina. But this forum can answer many of your questions in a short time and there are many many videos that can help as well and all for free..
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I bounce around between Vermont and Connecticut, mostly in CT this time of the year.
Can you expand on your question a bit in terms of what type of help you’re looking for?
When you say ‘the computer end of it’ that can be one or several different aspects:
- Help connecting your computer to the motion controller, with that in mind what type of control system did you get, Buildbotics, Masso, or Redline? Those are the only three I’m aware of that Onefinity uses, if there’s another it’s worth mentioning.
- Help using computer assisted design software to get your design started. There are so many different software packages available in this space, I say just let everyone know if you have a CAD program in mind, or are looking for guidance in picking one.
- Help with converting your CAD design files or ones you’ve gotten from websites like cncfiles.com into a format that can be used by the CNC machine to cut your parts. This is generally called CAM or (I think) Computer Assisted Machining. Many of the programs available are CAD/CAM. They contain both aspects of design (CAD) and generating the g-code program your CNC will follow (CAM).
- All of the above? Certainly a possibility if you’re starting a new adventure.
If you respond with answers to some of those questions I think it will help people provide you with guidance or know if they’re in the area, if what they know may help.
Congratulations on getting started!
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There’s a map with user locations here
https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/onefinity-user-map-database/14089?u=ken5
The control is Masso I have the vcarve pro I guess the problem is I am hands on guy watching and doing work better computer is tough to many buttons been looking on YouTube for a step by step not having any luck or maybe not asking the right question
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I think I understand where you’re coming from now and I can see how trying to swallow the whole process in one go can be daunting.
It seems to me what you’re looking for is help with your workflow. As you want to use your machine to produce, something, hell anything. Given having a Onefinity CNC system, driven by a MASSO controller, which is fed its program from Vcarve Pro, step by step how would you accomplish that?
Unfortunately, I can’t give you any guidance regarding Vcarve and I’m only obliquely familiar with MASSO because I have one I’ve worked with to configure on a tiny vertical mill.
There is a lot to take in the beginning, so I’d suggest breaking the process down into digestible chunks.
Start with cutting something with your machine, it’s not incredibly sexy but it will familiarize you with using the MASSO and the machine and give you a chance to mess things up on something that isn’t truly important to you (use cheap wood, these are burn barrel projects), beyond getting comfortable with the physical equipment and how it interfaces with the controller:
Onefinity - Elite Series First Cut
Next I’d practice using VCarve to create g-code for the MASSO, then cutting it with the knowledge gained above using a pre-designed file of something that interests you from an online resource. I have repeatedly mentioned cncfiles.com in the forum, because they’re a source of clean files to work with that are geared towards working on wood cutting CNC projects.
Setting Up VCarve (note this is important because you want to ensure you’re using the proper ‘post processor’ To the best of my understanding the post processor helps the CAM program write the g-code appropriately for a specific machine)
Creating Your Gcode with VCarve
Finally dive into using VCarve to create your own designs. VCarve seems like a great program to work with since it is both CAD and CAM software, so you only have one environment to learn to accomplish both tasks.
Using VCarve to create your own project
I’ve ordered the learning process in the reverse workflow of how you’d make your own project, which is intentional. If you have an understanding of your physical equipment, you’ll better know how to program for it, and the same thing applies towards creating your own files prior to setting up the program. I feel that having a understanding of the downstream processes gives you the understanding of terminology used in the upstream processes to work with them more confidently.
These may not be the best examples and there are likely whole courses that would elegantly teach you the process, but hopefully it will at least give you a starting point.
Don’t hesitate to ask more questions!
Last bit of advice I can think of is I’ve learned more from my failures than I have my successes and Boy Oh Boy have I learned a LOT! (Still have all my fingers, though…)
Best of luck and enjoy your journey.
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NJ here and waiting on batch 1 of the Gen2 Foreman Elite hopefully shipping out soon.
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