by Bob Warfield | Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, Feeds and Speeds
Recently, I had a question from a reader that I wanted to talk about: I’ve got a question I was hoping you could answer. It seems like a lot of emphasis is put on calculating feeds and speeds based on chip load. I understand how that could be a metric, but...
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by Bob Warfield | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, CNC Router, CNC With Jaime, LiveStreams
What is CNC With Jaime? CNC With Jaime is our Learning Series for total beginners. In this course we’ll take Jaime from knowing nothing about CNC to running her own CNC Business. If you’d like to learn CNC the Easy Way, follow along with Jaime as she...
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by Bob Warfield | Feb 16, 2022 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Router, CNC With Jaime, Cool, LiveStreams
What if you could follow a total beginner’s learning course for CNC? Make it cover everything you need to know to be able to produce products for a CNC Business. Make it project-oriented so you’re building things FAST and not sitting in a classroom for...
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by Bob Warfield | Jan 8, 2022 | Blog, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques, Software
Many machinists, especially brand new and hobby machinists, probably think performance and tool life don’t go hand in hand. You choose one or the other and let the chips fall where they may (sorry!). But it turns out that there is actually a middle ground...
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by Bob Warfield | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog, CNC Basics, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques
Note: Chip Thinning & Rubbing is Lesson 3 of our Feeds and Speeds Master Class. Sign up by clicking the link. Chip Thinning and Rubbing: two reasons why slowing down may not lead to longer tool life. A lot of Beginning CNC’ers back way off recommended...
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by Bob Warfield | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, Machining Techniques
I have always told managers that the one decision that is the most important one they will ever make is hiring. No other decision has the potential to cause so much pain if done poorly, or to make the manager’s job and the underlying business more...
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