by Wade Wendorf | Jan 25, 2018 | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, CNC Projects, GCode, Guest-Post, Tools and Techniques
Now you have your lathe setup, and all the tooling to get started. What’s next? Getting it going and doing something with it! I take a very slow cautious approach with any new machine tool. It’s just who I am. I’m usually super...
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by Wade Wendorf | Jan 1, 2018 | Blog, CNC Basics, Tools and Techniques
Now you are at the point where you have your lathe hooked up to power, and tested all the movement, and you have it leveled. What’s next??? Tooling of course!! My first concern was regular profile turning tools. I really didn’t want to spend a...
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by Wade Wendorf | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, Tools and Techniques
Now you have your new lathe. It’s delivered, and in your shop. What do you do now? My preparation for my lathe started before I even received it. I had gotten the exact measurements for it, and cleared all the space I needed for it to have a home. I...
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by Wade Wendorf | Nov 18, 2017 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, Guest-Post
Please welcome Wade Wendorf as our newest Guest Author. He’s going to walk us through his experiences choosing a CNC Lathe and getting the most from it. Wade Wendorf runs and owns a company called Mandala Rose Works, LLC which for the last 8 years has...
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