Use Corner Drilling to Save Your Bacon on a Deep Pocket With Tight Corners
Deep pockets with tight radius corners are a real headache. Imagine a 2″ deep pocket that needs 1/8″ radius corners. The biggest endmill that can get in the is 1/4″. But with a...
Keyseat Cutters: Easy Guide to Keyway, Key, & Keyseat CNC Work
Keyway, Key, & Keyseat Work with Keyseat Cutters Whenever we need to affix a part to a shaft, such as a gear or pulley, keyways, keys, and keyseat work comes into play. So, let’s begin...
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5 Ways G-Code Simulators Crush CNC Errors [ Vids+Free Sim ]
Is Manual Machining Faster than CNC for Simple Parts? Manual is Faster CNC is Faster 5 Ways G-Code Simulators Test Your CNC Programs You Don’t Run G-Code Without Testing It, Do You? Use a...
Don’t Gamble With Your Tools: Use Rust Protection
It’s a real heart breaker to pull out a tool you haven’t looked at in a while and discover it has rust. Nasty stuff. I live within sight of the ocean, so my shop is particularly...
CNC Machine Customer Satisfaction and Reliability
The results of our 2018 CNC Machine Customer Satisfaction and Reliability Survey are in! Buying a CNC Machine is a big investment. They’re about equivalent to a car at the least and a very...
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Secrets of CNC Broaching on Mills and Lathes [ Keyways and Tooling ]
We’ve written about CNC broaching tools before. It’s a common operation for cutting keyways and such and one that can certainly be automated via CNC. Here’s a Monel socket that...
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DNC Software & Machine Monitoring for CNC [ Free, RS232, Survey Results ]
DNC Software How does your shop go about getting g-code part programs on to the various CNC machines on your shop floor? There’s the old stand bys–usb key, floppy disk, PCMCIA, and so forth. These...
Customer Spotlight: Hobby-Fab (aka SMW3D) CNC Router Kits
Today I am pleased to profile Brandon Satterfield and his company Hobby-Fab in our Customer Spotlight series. They also have a website at SMW3D, which they’re in the process of migrating to...
Chip Fans for Clearing Chips
I remember the first time I saw a Lang Chip Fan. I friend showed me on his VMC and we both had ear to ear grins in no time. Imagine a tool that sits in your carousel. Load it up, spin the...
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Easy DIY Guide to Press Brakes [ Tooling, Metal Folding, Magnabend ]
Sheet Metal Folding The need to do some sheet metal folding comes up fairly often in most shops. This article is all about what sorts of machines and tooling is available to make it easy, even on a...