Summary

We’ve covered a lot of ground in this chapter. We invented a workflow to go from a scanned or hand-rendered drawing to a physical object. Congratulations! You now know how to turn a picture, or even just an idea, into something you can hold in your hand and actually do something with.

We also did some hands-on investigation into the effects of cutting different materials and saw what we needed to do to successfully complete a project, including doing some prototyping. At this point, you should be fairly comfortable using your machine to finish your projects. This is important because in the coming chapters, we will be exploring enhancements to our 3018s as well as investigating how we might CNC on a 4th axis.