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Here’s a Quick Way to Engrave An Irregular Surface
Typically, engraving or machining on a flat surface is standard practice and something all CNC workers quickly learn. But have you ever considered how to go about engraving or machining an uneven surface? Allow me to offer an illustration: Engraving or machining on...
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G75 and Peck Parting Off For Lathes
Parting off on lathes is the process that seems to cause the most confusion for many people, for reasons unknown. Deep boring operations, where the bar is significantly extended, might be a close follow-up in terms of difficulty. Parting off is definitely a...
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Poka-Yoke: Lean Manufacturing Principles, Part 11
We’re on the 11th installment of our series that focuses on Principles of Lean Manufacturing. Poka-Yoke is a Japanese term meaning “mistake proofing.” A poka-yoke is any mechanism or technique in a lean manufacturing process that helps the operator...
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New Sharing Features in G-Wizard Products
Time for another update. I have uploaded new versions of G-Wizard Calculator, G-Wizard Editor, and G-Wizard Estimator. You can find the download links on our Help Page. There is much new in these releases. For starters all G-Wizard products can share...
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G-Wizard Editor: New Conversational CNC Features
I recently uploaded G-Wizard Editor version 2.30 on the GWE Download Page. Release 2.30 is focused on improving the existing Conversational CNC Wizards. Wondering what “Conversational CNC Wizards” are? I’m so glad you asked! Conversational CNC is...
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Decimal Points: A Quick Way for the Unwary to Crash a CNC Machine
For those of you recently introduced to CNC, you may have noticed that more seasoned users often include a decimal point in their GCode, even when there are no digits following the dot. For instance, to move 5 inches (or millimeters if using metrics) to the right of...
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See How You Score on the Basic GCode Programming Quiz
We have compiled a quiz related to Basic GCode Programming that corresponds with the material we cover in our cost-free GCode Tutorial Course. There are 25 questions and each question has a link to the appropriate chapter of the GCode Tutorial. Take the quiz and...
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Top 4 Reasons to Use a GCode Editor
We recently conducted a survey among G-Wizard Editor users to determine how they were utilizing the software. Here are their responses: The survey provides a good cross section of uses. Customers could choose all of the choices that applied to them, and clearly a lot...
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20 Most Popular Articles and Blog Posts for Pro CNC’ers
Here at CNCCookbook, we get visitors from all ends of the CNC spectrum–about 2.5 million of them a year. In all probability, we are the most popular pure CNC blog there is. I try to keep a balance on the content to keep the ends of that spectrum of visitors...
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Secrets of Going From CAD, Image, DXF, or STL to GCode for CNC and 3D Printing
When you begin your journey in CNC or 3D Printing, your initial focus should be on developing some form of model, sketch, or representation of the component you’re working on. More often than not, this will involve the use of a CAD program and a CAD file like a...
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Estimating Cycle Times With Machine Acceleration: New G-Wizard Editor Feature
The concept of a CNC machine’s acceleration capability is crucial and frequently emerges. Often, it is acceleration that restricts the motion of the machine rather than its absolute rapids speeds. In a number of realistic g-code programs, the cutter may not...
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