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Tailstock Die Holder for Lathes [ Easy Machining Project ]

by Bob Warfield | May 13, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC, Machining Techniques, Manual Machining

Editor’s Note:  This was one of the first manual machining projects I did many years ago on my new manual lathe.  I used it for many years after that. Somehow, I always manage to open a lot of cans of worms before I complete anything. In this case, I was working...

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Home Switch and CNC Limit Switch [Easy, Accurate and Inexpensive]

by Bob Warfield | May 12, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC, Machining Techniques

What’s a Home Switch and How is It Used? Suppose you have no home switches. Every time you shut off the mill it loses track of its position. I used to go through this drill. If a servo faults, if I hit the E-Stop, or if I just wanted to shut down for the night,...

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Rotary Table Milling [Easy Guide to Accessories and Tips]

by Bob Warfield | May 12, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, Machining Techniques, Manual Machining

Rotary table milling is a fact of life for using a manual milling machine.  There are lots of operations that require rotary table milling. Conversely, if you use CNC, you’ll find that the rotary table sits gathering dust.  That is unless you plan to convert...

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Making a Rifle Stock with CNC

by Bob Warfield | May 11, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, Machining Techniques

A friend of mine and I are interested in making a rifle stock with CNC to fit a Mauser action so we can have some nice target rifles. Part of that project will require a new stock for the rifles, and I’d like to make one using a CNC router that’s my own...

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G-Code Coordinate Rotation, Offsets, and Scaling

by Bob Warfield | May 11, 2021 | Blog, GCode

CNCCookbook’s G-Code Tutorial Introduction G-Code has some powerful operations that allow you to transform coordinates and mold them to your needs. This chapter in the G-Code Tutorial is all about introducing what kinds of things can be done to g-code...

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Better Servo Motor Tuning [ Mach3 and CNC applications ]

by Bob Warfield | May 10, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC

Servos are closed loop devices. They operate by comparing the position they’re supposed to be at with the position their encoder says they actually are at and applying current to the servo motor until the two match. This linkage between the encoder and motor is...

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