_modified: "2023-10-27T18:09:36.738Z" _contentModifiedTimestamp: "2023-06-14T11:02:18.112Z" slug: "cut-out-shapes-out-of-plastic-sheets-with-a-cnc" time: "< 5 hours" id: "pbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf" creatorCountry: "mx" total_views: 1 _createdBy: "gus-merckel" steps: - title: "Meassure the plastic sheet" text: "For this step we need to meassure our plastic sheet: Height, Width and Thickness. Our X-Carve machine works with the CAM Software EASEL, for me, the easiest software for CNC milling out there. \n\nThe cool thing about Easel (https://easel.inventables.com/) is that you can \"simulate\" you actual material and THEY EVEN HAVE HDPE 2-Colors in their cutting material lists!!\n\n\n" images: - fullPath: "uploads/howtos/pbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf/1.jpg" name: "1.jpg" timeCreated: "2021-03-26T19:42:05.766Z" type: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2Fpbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf%2F1.jpg?alt=media&token=293d733d-05a5-494a-9340-47f4564f1939" updated: "2021-03-26T19:42:05.766Z" size: 74095 contentType: "image/jpeg" - updated: "2021-03-26T19:42:05.669Z" size: 69665 downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2Fpbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf%2F2.jpg?alt=media&token=004f50f1-97ac-4df4-9ba9-f463aa4cbca3" type: "image/jpeg" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/pbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf/2.jpg" contentType: "image/jpeg" name: "2.jpg" timeCreated: "2021-03-26T19:42:05.669Z" _animationKey: "unique1" - title: "Secure sheet " text: "Using the CNC clamps from the X-Carve, secure the sheet to the table, " images: - updated: "2021-03-26T19:42:06.249Z" type: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2Fpbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf%2F3.jpg?alt=media&token=0b9c1914-1c75-429e-b34a-1e2b3706edef" contentType: "image/jpeg" timeCreated: "2021-03-26T19:42:06.249Z" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/pbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf/3.jpg" size: 55544 name: "3.jpg" _animationKey: "unique2" - text: "Now we go to our illustrator, such as Inkscape to design a vector file or download and open source one frome https://thenounproject.com/.\n\nWe download the SVG file, which is an open source vector format and import it to Easel. \n" title: "Choosing a file to cut " images: - updated: "2021-03-26T19:42:06.727Z" size: 42952 name: "4.jpg" type: "image/jpeg" downloadUrl: "https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/onearmyworld.appspot.com/o/uploads%2Fhowtos%2Fpbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf%2F4.jpg?alt=media&token=1cd2d49d-9335-4bb1-ac2a-e625322ca604" fullPath: "uploads/howtos/pbo0Pe44aTngvlD04kGf/4.jpg" timeCreated: "2021-03-26T19:42:06.727Z" contentType: "image/jpeg" - 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