Free CNC Router Software and Cool Gadgets

SheetCAM Software Information

Program your Drag Knife toolpaths with ease.

• Uses drag knife offset compensation to enable greater detail and precision in your cut part
• Add corner actions to any tool path
• Update your start points without having to regenerate your tool path
• Visualize your tool path in 3 dimensions

Profile Cutting (Routing and Milling)

• Inside, outside or on the vector
• Multi pass cutting
• Ramp cutting.
• Finishing allowances for roughing tools
• Selectable leadin and leadout
• Climb or normal cut direction

Pocketing (Routing and Milling)

• Automatic island detection
• Multi pass cutting
• Adjustable stepover

Drilling (Routing and Milling)

• Drill from circles or points in a DXF file
• Peck drilling with controllable retract amount

V-Carving (Routing and Milling)

• Create 3D relief carving effects with V shaped bits

View your tool path in 3 dimensions

Cardboard Box Software

Our software can be downloaded for free.  It can be used to make a cardboard box with 4 flaps top and bottom, just like the ones used for most shipping purposes.  The software is available in g-code and shopbot code versions.

These tools will allow you to simply enter the dimensions of the finished box and specify the boxes orientation on your table.  Some function as a file that can be run directly from your machines operating software and some will generate a file for cutting that specified box.

Make a Cardboard Box with the Donek Tools Drag Knife.

Make a cardboard box with ease using a Donek Drag Knife.   With this free software, all you need to know are the dimensions of the cardboard box you want to make.  Enter the dimensions in the software and it will create the file to cut the box you need.  You can cut the same box over and over or create new cardboard box files for any item you sell.

D2 or D4 Drag Knife

Our D2 or D4 Drag Knife is the right choice if you want to make a cardboard box.  They can cut materials up to 1/4in thick and use a standard utility knife blade, minimizing the cost of blades.  Make a cardboard box, cut leather, cut gasket material, cut pre-preg carbon fiber laminates, and more.  If you can cut it with a utility knife, you can cut it faster and more accurately with a Donek Tools Drag Knife.