There’s no getting away from it: routing with a CNC machine can cause lots of vibrations to travel into the work surface below, causing quite
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Tidying up 2020 CNC frame extrusions with a 3D printed end cap
Aluminium extrusions are common on low-end mini CNC machines, particularly the 20mm square 2020 variety. In some cases, such as my cheap Chinese 1610 CNC
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3D printing a CNC control box for switches and a voltage/current meter
Recently I realised that my CNC setup was getting a bit complicated. For one thing, I was using three separate power adaptors: one each for
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3D printed bed risers for a quick and inexpensive increase in cutting area
Size isn’t always the most important thing when selecting a CNC machine. For example, I have a small and inexpensive Chinese 1610 machine, which has
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Make a GRBL CNC pendant with a Bluetooth data link
If, like me, you like to spend time surfing the internet looking at photos of CNC accessories, you’ve probably thought how nice it would be
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Create G-Code online with the GCoderCNC 2.5D Web-App
Creating g-code files for CNC machines is an essential task for our computer-controlled routing and LASER cutting projects. However, most CNC software packages are either
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Routing Darth Vader from Walnut 1.5mm sheet
Recently I bought some 1.5mm thick Walnut sheet as I wanted to try it out with my CNC router and see how good the results
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Simple CNC fence for manual work
CNC routers are wonderful machines for cutting and shaping wood and other materials but sometimes there’s no choice but to use a router without computer
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Mounting a GoPro camera on a CNC machine
Sometimes it’s nice to make a video, even a timelapse one, of a project coming to fruition on a CNC machine. Maybe just as a
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