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    Category: Routing

    Making vibration dampening CNC feet using flexible TPU 3D printing filament

    June 17, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, Routing

    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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    A 3D printed end cap on the end of a 2020 extrusion

    Tidying up 2020 CNC frame extrusions with a 3D printed end cap

    May 13, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, LASER cutting, Routing

    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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    A view of the power switch and meter

    3D printing a CNC control box for switches and a voltage/current meter

    April 15, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, LASER cutting, Routing

    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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    Edge view of the fitted bed risers

    3D printed bed risers for a quick and inexpensive increase in cutting area

    April 15, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, LASER cutting, Routing

    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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    Feature image showing part of the front of the finished CNC pendant

    Make a GRBL CNC pendant with a Bluetooth data link

    March 27, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, LASER cutting, Microcontrollers, Routing

    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

    March 8, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 GCoderCNC, LASER cutting, Routing, Software

    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

    January 11, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 GCoderCNC, Routing

    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

    January 8, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, Routing

    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

    January 8, 2019 Andrew_gigglYgogglE_2742 3D printing, Accessorizing, LASER cutting, Routing

    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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