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G-Wizard Machinist’s Calculator: Geometry G-Wizard Calculator’s Geometry tab contains a variety of calculators designed to solve trigonometry and geometry problems common to machinist’s. Note: These geometry calculators are all free for life if you... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops
CNC Machine Shop Productivity This article is part of our CNC Machining and Manufacturing Cookbook. It focuses on providing an overview and introduction to CNC Machine Shop Productivity. Let’s start with the idea that there is no single solution, formula, or... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops
CNC Manufacturing Techniques Are you interested in gaining more knowledge about how to turn your CNC Manufacturing and Job Shop operations into an efficient one? You’re at the right source of information. This site is a collection of all our resources to compile... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog
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Servo Motor Tuning 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... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects
Mini Band Saw Projects Restoring the Usefulness of My Mini Band Saw With a New Table I made a quick afternoon’s work making a new table for my mini-bandsaw and mounting it on a cart I use to keep small pieces of work stock: Since getting my DeWalt Multicutter,... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC, Workshop and Storage
Home Machine Shop Hall of Fame, Page 4 J. King’s Fabulous Shop Ever since witnessing the remarkable collet chuck that this individual crafted from an automatic transmission planetary gear set, I have been vigilantly looking out for more notes from him. Beautiful... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, Tools and Techniques
CNC Setup Time and Cycle Time Savings This piece belongs to our CNC Machining and Manufacturing Cookbook series. It contemplates on which should be prioritized to enhance Shop Productivity – reducing Machine Cycle Time or Machine Setup Time. Presumably... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, Tools and Techniques
Mini Lathe Mods Catalog Mini Lathe Mods to make it better, stronger, faster: the $6 million lathe! This page is my catalog of all the lathe modifications I’ve stumbled across in my web travels. I couldn’t begin to tell you how good they are, but they sure... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, Tools and Techniques
As in turning on a lathe with the workpiece not concentric with the spindle axis. This is a common need when building engines, for example, to machine the throws of a crankshaft, or the eccentric drive used by a steam engine to operate a slide valve. I was recently... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, CADCAM, Software, Tools and Techniques
CNCCookbook 2021 CAM Software Survey [ What’s the best CAM? ] Every year, CNCCookbook surveys readers on their CAM Software. The results provide an invaluable guide to CAM for the CNC World. This year we received over 300 responses. Product Managers at a... Details by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, Tools and Techniques
What is a Tool Post Grinder? Tool Post Grinders are a type of cylindrical grinder that is mounted on the tool post of a lathe. They provide you with the ability to do precision grinding without all the cost of a separate cylindrical grinding machine. The... Details