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Equipment / CNC Model Mill / Training

Roland Mill Training

This page documents the process for being trained to use the, and the list of members who have completed that training.

Summary

Training takes place in three main steps:

• Group Training of 1-4 members, going through the equipment and how to use it (~1hr)
• Individual Training Task, where an individual member is set a task to complete to prove and improve understanding (~30min each)
• Project Oversight, where more experienced users oversee the projects being undertaken when cutting (first 2-3 projects)

Training on the mill is run by the mill Owners. The mill Owners are a group of people responsible for maintaining and training on the mill, and hence have been trained to train, and trained to perform the weekly and monthly maintenance on the mill.

Booking

Sessions are advertised on http://meetup.makespace.org

• For discussing training, or requesting additional slots if needed, use the mailing list thread: Training : Roland Mill

Notes:

• You can only be trained if you have your name allocated to a slot (groups will be restricted to four at a time, so please don't make up additional spaces)
• You must do the group and individual training on the same day

Trained Users

The following members of Makespace are owners of the mill, so are trained to use and teach use of the Mill:

• Stephen Woolhead

The following members of Makespace are trained and qualified to use the Mill (note, they are not qualified to train others however):

• Alexis Mather (Stephen Woolhead, 4/04/2013)
• Rachel Rayne (Stephen Woolhead, 10/04/2013)
• Henry Gomersall (Stephen Woolhead, 10/04/2013)
• Andrew Dunn (Stephen Woolhead, 10/04/2013)
• Edward Imhagwe (Stephen Woolhead, 10/04/2013)
• Kim Spence-Jones (Stephen Woolhead, 10/04/2013)
• Chris Voth (Stephen Woolhead, 11/04/2013)
• Chris Abri (Stephen Woolhead, 11/04/2013)
• Joe Tapply (Stephen Woolhead, 11/04/2013)
• Dave Ansell (Stephen Woolhead, 16/04/2013)
• Gaye Soykok (Stephen Woolhead, 16/04/2013)
• Martin de Selincourt (Stephen Woolhead, 16/04/2013)
• Andy Fisher (Stephen Woolhead, 16/04/2013)
• Mark Tillotson (Stephen Woolhead, 16/04/2013)
• Tom Ingham(Stephen Woolhead, 17/04/2013)
• David Esteves (Stephen Woolhead, 17/04/2013)
• Wayne Keenan (Stephen Woolhead, 17/04/2013)

Training Cheatsheet

The basic training for the mill will cover the basics of the mill, setup operation and maintenance.

The software packages will not be covered in depth.

COMMING SOON

Group Training

The group training introduction structure, suitable for 1-4 members at a time in a 1 hr session.

Mill Basics

• Cover the basic mechanics of an 3 axis mill.
• Explain the difference between machine co-ordinates and user co-ordinates
• Cover the different types of cutters, ball, square etc.
• Explain collets and how to change the cutter.
• Cover types of materials than can be cut on the mill, wood, plastics, NO METAL

Individual Training Task

The individual task to get familiar, prompt questions and check understanding:

• Power machine on
• Change the current tool, demonstrating understand of the collet system and correct positioning of cutter in collet. Ensure that the cutter is not dropped.
• Position the cutter over the XY origin and set as origin in user co-ordinates.
• Set the Z origin using the sensor.
• Using the ClickMill software cut a 20x20mm pocket 5mm deep offset by 5,5mm from the origin.
• Pause the job midway through, then restart it.
• Clean machine.
• Turn off.

Project Oversight

For next 2-3 projects or until they are comfortable, projects should be machine out of soft materials only such as foam, that way if a mistake is made no damage will be caused to the machine and an expensive block of material lost. If possible the newly trained user should find another more experienced trained user to support them (second pair of eyes) in their first couple of projects, or any time they are unsure.

If in doubt ask for advice!!