ICY ROADS, NO MEETING TONIGHT

[Michael Panchula]

Better to err on the safe side.  Judging by the ice build up on my short drive home, we'll call this off.

Centroid Acorn CNC controller:

http://centroidcnc.com/centroid_diy/centroid_diy_cnc.html

From the Houston metal working club Tinkering list:

At the last meeting, one of the members asked if anyone was using any Apps on their cell phone for machining.  I have a few free apps installed:

FSWizard (Feeds and Speeds)     https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beta.fswizard_lite&hl=en_US 

Ray's CNC Codes (G-code reference)     https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cnccodes.rays 

Gauss Meter (measure magnetic flux density - useful for id of stainless steel vs carbon steel) (lots of similar apps)     https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keuwl.gaussmeter    Bubble (simple bubble level) (lots of similar apps)     https://www.apk20.com/apk/71874/ 

There are a lot of apps available - both free and paid: Machining apps     https://play.google.com/store/search?q=machining&c=apps CNC apps     https://play.google.com/store/search?q=cnc&c=apps Conversational Programming     https://play.google.com/store/search?q=conversational%20programming&c=apps An app of note: Machinist Calculator Pro ($13) - one of our members brought the calculator to a meeting a while back.  This is the highly rated android app version.     https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pluckedstudios.machcalcpro 

And if you'd like a CAD program on your smart phone, try the free version of Autodesk's Fusion 360 cloud based CAD on your PC, which has an Android app:    https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.autodesk.fusion

Michael J Panchula

 
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