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Workholding is generally not a problem on a big CNC plasma cutter.; gravity does a pretty good job of keeping heavy sheet steel in place on the bed. But what …read more Continue reading Electromagnets Make Vertical CNC Cutter a Little Stickier
Thanks to 3D printing, most of us are familiar with the concept of additive manufacturing, and by extension, subtractive manufacturing. But what is it when you’re neither adding material nor …read more Continue reading A SPIF-fy Way of Forming Metal
The trouble with building a business around selling low-margin widgets is that you have to find a way to make a lot of them to make it worth your while. …read more Continue reading Autofeeding CNC Lathe Cranks Out Parts All By Itself
Shelter is one of the most basic of human needs, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that we continually come up with new ways to build homes. Most building systems …read more Continue reading You Wouldn’t Download a House
When you own an enormous CNC router, you’ve got to find projects that justify it. So why not shoot for the sky — literally — and build the 1980s-est possible …read more Continue reading Mega-CNC Router Carves Styrofoam Into a Full-Size Flying Delorean
What do you get if you strap a microscope onto a CNC and throw in a gaming controller? The answer, according to Reddit user [AskewedBox] is something kind of awesome: …read more Continue reading CNC Plus Microscope Plus Game Controller Equals Awesome
[Sebastian] describes himself as “a total noob” when it comes to CNC, so in an attempt to get to know his new CNC router, he chose about the most complex …read more Continue reading Wooden Game Boy is a Challenging Intro CNC Project
I never feel like I have enough space in my workshop. The promise of consolidating tools to make the most of limited space drew me to the Snapmaker Artisan, a …read more Continue reading What The Artisan 3-in-1 CNC Offers (If One Has The Table Space)
Plasma cutters are ridiculously cheap these days, just cruise by the usual online sources or your local Harbor Freight if you’ve got any doubt about that. But “cheap” and “good” …read more Continue reading Simple Add-On Makes Cheap Plasma Cutter Suitable for CNC Use
String art is as old as, well, string and something to hang it from. But, like most things, it gets more enjoyable when you involve a CNC. [Paul MH] went …read more Continue reading String Art Build Uses CNC to Make Stringy Art