A LEGO CNC Pixel Art Generator
If you are ever lucky enough to make the trip to Bilund in Denmark, home of LEGO, you can have your portrait taken and rendered in the plastic bricks as …read more Continue reading A LEGO CNC Pixel Art Generator
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The Cheap CNC3018 Gets a Proper Revamp
Many people have been attracted to the low price and big dreams of the CNC3018 desktop CNC router. If you’re quick, you can pick one up on the usual second-hand …read more Continue reading The Cheap CNC3018 Gets a Proper Revamp
Betta Aims to Bring Wire EDM to the Desktop
Just as practical nuclear fusion has been “only 20 years away” for the last 80 years or so, the promise of electrical discharge machining (EDM) in the home shop seems …read more Continue reading Betta Aims to Bring Wire EDM to the Desktop
Mostly Printed CNC Gets a Few Upgrades
The Mostly Printed CNC is famous for two things. First, being made mostly from 3D printed parts and commonly available steel tubing. Second, because of the materials used, its rigidity …read more Continue reading Mostly Printed CNC Gets a Few Upgrades
Plasma Cutter Gets CNC Treatment at Low Cost
[Daniel] has been metalworking on a budget for a while now. Originally doing things like plasma cutting on old bricks, he used his original plasma cutter to make an appropriate …read more Continue reading Plasma Cutter Gets CNC Treatment at Low Cost
Electromagnets Make Vertical CNC Cutter a Little Stickier
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
A SPIF-fy Way of Forming Metal
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
Autofeeding CNC Lathe Cranks Out Parts All By Itself
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
You Wouldn’t Download a House
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
Mega-CNC Router Carves Styrofoam Into a Full-Size Flying Delorean
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