by Bob Warfield | Dec 31, 2015 | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Projects, CNC Router, Cool
You’ve heard what they say about Chuck Norris? Guns carry him for protection. Listen: Chuck’s got nothing on you, because you’re a CNC’er. You’ve got CNC Machines, welders, air tools, belt sanders, grinders, and every other imaginable...
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by Bob Warfield | Dec 9, 2015 | 3D Printing, Blog, Machining Techniques
Have you ever heard or been apart of one of those arguments about whether straight CNC or 3D Printing is easier? Usually when those arguments break out, the two sides are coming at the problem from radically different perspectives that are guaranteed to lead to...
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by Bob Warfield | Nov 9, 2015 | 3D Printing, Blog, Guest-Post, Machining Techniques
Please give a warm welcome to our newest guest contributor, Mitch Pricer. Mitch is an industrial designer specializing in 3D design, concept work, 3D modeling/art, and 3D printing. With over 5,000 hours spent 3D printing, he knows a thing or two about it, as well as...
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by Bob Warfield | Aug 18, 2015 | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Products, Cool, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques, Software
I wrote the original G-Wizard Calculator in order to save myself time and get better results machining. I noticed I was hauling handbooks and tooling catalogs around, punching numbers into calculators, and eventually spending way too much time working through...
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by Bob Warfield | Aug 16, 2015 | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Projects, Cool
In my youth I spent hours building precision scale models of various military fighting vehicles from kits made by Tamiya. They were intricately detailed and I would do everything I could to make them look realistic–right down to weathering them with fancy...
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by Bob Warfield | Jun 29, 2015 | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops
ProtoLabs bills itself as the “Fastest Provider of CNC Machined and Injection Molded Parts.” They were founded in 1999 by Larry Lukis, a successful computer entrepreneur who was dissatisfied with how hard it was to get injection molded parts made quickly...
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