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Without Personal Experience ... Thread which will never die

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Oh man. Such a great thread struck down in its prime. Let's keep it alive.

To rehash - if you don't know what you're talking about, so what, say it anyway. Unless you have direct experience with a topic, no big deal, spout out your opinion. Everyone does, why not you?

And keep it civil. That was a nice, long thread without anyone getting their undies in a bunch.

Oh yeah, and a tribute to papadan. He's awesome.
 
#9 ·
Papdan's original thread had just 113 replies. Let's all give the same replies in the same order here to get back on track. I will start on behalf of AlaskaGuy:
Good luck with that. I've never personally walled around the earth so I guess it flat. I leaned the earth was basically round by reading about it but since I have no real experiences I should no say I think the world is round.
 
#10 ·
Papdan s original thread had just 113 replies. Let s all give the same replies in the same order here to get back on track. I will start on behalf of AlaskaGuy:
Good luck with that. I've never personally walled around the earth so I guess it flat. I leaned the earth was basically round by reading about it but since I have no real experiences I should no say I think the world is round.

- ChuckV
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#19 · (Edited by Moderator)
CNC is programming, not woodworking, Machine does it all for you.

Alaska Guy is missing so this thread can t compete with the other one.

- papadan
If only this were true, I wouldn't need any woodworking skills. The coffee table would just build itself. <sigh>

What happens when a woodworker also happens to be a programmer? Magic! That's what happens!
Lots of programmers (I'd say most programmers) haven't a clue about woodworking.

EDIT: Kudos for staying on topic (no personal experience). I only got it AFTER I posted.
 
#21 ·
CNC is programming, not woodworking, Machine does it all for you.

Alaska Guy is missing so this thread can t compete with the other one.

- papadan

If only this were true, I wouldn t need any woodworking skills. The coffee table would just build itself.

What happens when a woodworker also happens to be a programmer? Magic! That s what happens!
Lots of programmers (I d say most programmers) haven t a clue about woodworking.

EDIT: Kudos for staying on topic (no personal experience). I only got it AFTER I posted.

- DS
Opinions don't need experience! I'm not telling anyone HOW to program a CNC! Howdy A-guy, now we're ready.
 
#22 ·
papadan is correct, CNC programming is not woodworking, programming is a new skill set, one of many, you need to learn in order to make the machine do what you want it to do.
Not much different than cranking the angle or height wheel on your table saw to get the results you want. You had to learn those skills because you certainly were not born with them.

A CNC learning curve is much steeper, more involved, and broader than probably any other power tool in the shop.
Because of that it is also much easier to make mistakes as CNC mastery is another story!

I think that Stumpy Nubs got it right in his video!
Please read the comments from those who have watched the video!
 
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