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ShopBot CNC Router Up and Running
Thanks to a workforce development grant from ReTool Erie, the Bayfront Maritime Center now has a new ShopBot computer numerical control (CNC) router. This modern machining tool will precisely cut any wood or aluminum up to four feet by eight feet by six inches thick. Learning to program and operate CNC machines are valuable job skills that our students and apprentices are now able to acquire.
Nick has assembled the table and gantry.
The Bayfront Maritime Center's boatshop adds 21st century skills and tools with the addition of the CNC router. The CNC machine was assembled by Nick Rinn who carefully followed the 92 page instruction manual. Nick is a high school senior who has been teaching sailing and working at the center for several years. He recently passed the United States Coast Guard Masters License Exams.
The ShopBot is assembled and powered up. The stops and proximity switches have all been set. Its first task was to cut the top of the middle table layer to make it perfectly parallel to the rail assembly and gantry.
Fastening the table top with screws into holes drilled and countersunk by the CNC router.