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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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
Read moreThis is a simple 3D printed design I came up with to extract smoke and fumes on my cheap Chinese CNC machine when LASER cutting.
Read moreSometimes 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
Read moreCNC machines have plenty of moving parts and if we want our routing and LASER cutting to be as good as possible the movements need
Read more20mm square extruded aluminium section is commonly used for cheap CNC routers, especially for kit versions. So I designed this very simple 3D printed part
Read moreMany cheap CNC routers are based on 20mm square extruded aluminium frames, with slots and a hole running along them to attach fixtures. Often the
Read moreIt can be quite fiddly fixing down a routing or LASER cutting project onto the bed of a CNC router. It’s even harder if you
Read moreOne of the downsides of buying a cheap CNC router is that you’re left to your own devices when it comes to the best ways
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