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  1. 29th November 2016, 12:45 PM #1
    Gypsy_Rover
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    Good morning. I have a manual router copier, however I am considering the purchase of a CNC Router.
    I have never seen one (outside adds or u-tube). I would like to be able to take an image and reproduce it on timber.
    What is the process I would need to follow? How does one go from an image to having the CNC machine produce the image on the timber?
    What software would I need? Is there any tutorials that would walk me through the steps?
    Are people importing images in to CAD (?) then somehow transferring that to the router?

    I know absolutely nothing of this process and would appreciate either advice or direction as to where I can find this information.

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  3. 29th November 2016, 01:58 PM #2
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    IMO the best way you could get grasp of the concept, is to go to the Vectric site and watch all the relevant videos that look like they may cover your questions.

    That does not mean you must use Vectric software but it will be very informative as to what can be done with a CNC router.

    Introduction to CNC - Overview

    http://support.vectric.com/tips-and-tricks/select.php
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  4. 29th November 2016, 06:27 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greolt View Post
    IMO the best way you could get grasp of the concept, is to go to the Vectric site and watch all the relevant videos that look like they may cover your questions.

    That does not mean you must use Vectric software but it will be very informative as to what can be done with a CNC router.

    Introduction to CNC - Overview

    http://support.vectric.com/tips-and-tricks/select.php
    Thank you for directing me to the Vectric site. This pretty well answers all my questions.
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  5. 20th December 2016, 06:41 PM #4
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    Hi,

    There are websites which convert a bitmap (jpg, bmp) to vector format (dxf)

    https://convertio.co/jpg-dxf/

    Online Image Vectorizer

    Results can be patchy, and most lines in bitmaps will appear as a double line in dxf, requiring a lot of editing in the CAD/CAM program. I've found CamBam to be pretty good at this, as it will explode a polyline into little segments.

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