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Better Feeds and Speeds for Shopbot CNC Routers
Better Feeds and Speeds are here for Shopbot CNC Routers! I wanted to let the Shopbot community know we’ve added some features to our G-Wizard Feeds and Speeds Calculator just for you. I have steadily heard two requests from the Shopbot users we already...
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New: Machine Learning for Cutting Tools and Feeds and Speeds
These days, it seems like Machine Learning is being talked about everywhere. Self-driving cars, machines beating humans at every game, Google search results change based on machine learning–artificial intelligence has become much more common that it was in...
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CAM Survey Results 2016: Customer Satisfaction Awards
One of the most interesting parts of our CNCCookbook 2016 CAM Survey Results is the Customer Satisfaction. We ask respondents to rate their CAM packages on a scale of: It Rocks It’s OK Not Happy Having only 3 values keeps it simple. In addition, we...
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The Ultimate Feeds and Speeds Cheat Sheets (and More)
Do you use cheat sheets? You know, those little pieces of paper or charts where you cram in a quick summary of everything you need to know to solve some type of problem quickly. Man, I got through college on my cheat sheets! Now hang on, before you start thinking I...
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Results of the 2016 CNCCookbook CAM Survey
I just closed the survey to further entries having gotten several hundred responses. This is quite a large group, and certainly large enough to be statistically significant. Product Managers at a variety of CADCAM companies, large and small, tell me they...
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What Every CNC’er Needs to Fix CAM Glitches Quickly and Easily
I was recently reading a post on one of the boards and came across a fellow who was having a problem with Fusion 360: Control view on the left, CAM on the right: see the problem? The controller view of the toolpath is on the left and the CAM view is on the right....
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5 Ideas for Schools With Limited CNC Resources to Maximize CNC Training
Sure, I can help with that. Could you please provide the text that needs to be rephrased? At CNCCookbook, we have a LOT of educational customers, and we give them a nice educational discount on our software. I got a note from a school wanting to know how they can...
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G-Wizard Calculator v3.65 Adds Cool Goodies for GD&T and Machine Profiles
I just uploaded G-Wizard Calculator version 3.65 (click the link to download it manually). New G-Wizard Release Basics Before I get into what’s new in this release, I want to revisit some new release basics to try to help everyone with some common questions. How...
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Motion Control Boards Take Mach3 From Hobby Class to Industrial Grade, Part 1
There’s a prevalent belief, often expressed in various forum posts, which argues that Mach3 cannot be a high-grade industrial control as it depends on Microsoft Windows, which isn’t deemed as ‘industrial grade’. This observation seems to be...
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CNC Probes and Toolsetters: The Complete 2016 Survey Results
We had a couple hundred participate in our 2016 Probe and Toolsetter survey, which is great–it shows there is quite a lot of interest in the topic . Let’s go over the results! Do you use a CNC Probe? Please provide the text that needs to be...
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39 Feeds and Speeds Hacks, Tips, and Techniques
Breaking Through Roadblocks Sometimes you just get stuck… Sometimes you just get stuck. You need to do something and it doesn’t look like it’s possible. We’ll start with a series of feeds and speeds hacks for those situations. #1-#3 My...
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