CNC Groups and Organizations
CNC Reference Information
Groups
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Reference
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CNC Resources
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These are online resources for machinists.
Forums
BladeForums: Popular knife making forums.
British Blades: Knife making forum from across the pond.
Candlepower: Who knew making flashlights could be a real hobby?
CarveWright Forum: That Sears CNC carving machine. Some real nice projects in the gallery.
Caswell Metal Finishing Forums: Good info for powder coating, anodizing, polishing, and plating.
CNCZone: My favorite forums for CNC topics! (
Forum Search | New Posts )
General Metalworking Machines also includes the work logs of folks who built CNC machines.
CNC Plasma, EDM, and Waterjet Machines
Finishing.Com: Message boards relating to metal finishing-polishing, anodizing, plating, and so on. Industrial grade info here.
Garage Journal: Ideas for a better garage shop.
Home Machinist: Nice little board. Lots of live steam postings as well as some good general machinist stuff.
Home Model Engine Machinist: My newest favorite. Unread posts.
Home Shop Machinist and Machinist's Workshop Forums: Forums from the two great magazines. Can be contentious and very off-topic!
Internet Craftsmanship Museum: Run by Sherline, there are some amazing
projects and talents detailed here!
MadModder: Sort of an HMEM spinoff, but more general subject matter than
model engines.
MetalIllness: 3PhaseLightbulb's board.
OffRoadFabNet: Metal fabrication for off-roaders.
OneCNC Users Club: You must be a registered OneCNC owner, but awesome cool stuff!
Practical Machinist: High-end/Professional machinist BBS. Lots of good info, but not always for the economy-minded or beginner!
Rhino 3D Web Support
Welding Web: For welders what Practical Machinist is for machinists-great
expert and professional content!
Yahoo 7×12 Minilathe Group: **
Yahoo 7×24 CNC Minilathe Group: Stretched beds and CNC for 7×12
lathes.
Yahoo 8×18 Lathe Group: The 8×18 is a close relative of my Lathemaster 9×30 lathe.
Yahoo 9×20 Lathe Group: Cletus Berkeley's group. **
Yahoo 9×20 Lathe Group 2: Lots of mods here. **
Yahoo 12×36 Import Lathes Group: For the next size up from the typical
hobby lathe.
Yahoo Anodizing 101: Good group with lots of info on aluminum anodizing.
Yahoo CAD CAM EDM DRO Group: Recommended by HomeCNC.
Yahoo CNC Hobbyist: Not a very active group, but some interesting
posts.
Yahoo CNC Toolkit: 5-axis software and building 5-axis machines.
Deep!
Yahoo EDM Home Builders: Crazy people building EDM machines at home.
Yahoo Elmer's Engines: Group of folks who enjoy building Elmer Verburg's
excellent model engine designs. There is a
second group too.
Yahoo Metalworking Hints & Tips Group: Educational material
for the home shop machinist. This is the novice section. **
Yahoo Metalworking Hints & Tips 2 Group: Educational material
for the home shop machinist. This is the expert section. **
Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Attachments,
collet chucks, slides, tailstocks, quick change gearboxes, &
toolposts. **
Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 2: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Dials,
fine feeds, shaper attachments, & reconditioning. **
Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 3: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Keyways,
spheres, taper turning, & worm gears. **
Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 4: Modifications to the mini-lathes. Not much
in this one. **
Yahoo Mini Lathe Mods 5: Modifications to the mini-lathes. All motor
mods and electrical work. **
Yahoo Mini-Toolchanger: A CNC tool changer for mini-mills. Outrageous!
Yahoo ModIO: Folks using ModIO from Homann Designs to build control
panels and pendants for their CNC machines.
Yahoo Plasma Cutter Group: Mostly CNC, but a few good tips too.
Yahoo Quorn Cutter Group: Build your own tool cutter-the Quorn
Machine
Yahoo Quorn 2 Cutter Group: More info on Quorns and other Tool &
Cutter Grinders
Yahoo Tormach Group: For users of the Tormach CNC mill.
Yahoo X-Series Mills Group****: John Stevenson's Yahoo Group for Sieg X-series mills.
Groups
and Organizations
Bay Area Engine Modelers: Group of Model Engineers who meet in Oakland.
Houston Metal Shop Club: Fine group of amateurs with some interesting projects.
Machining and Metalworking at Home: A bunch of usenet archives organized into useful subjects.
Metalwebnews: Some great how-to articles and other resources.
MIT Quick Intro to Machine Tools: Very cool intro for students who will use the tools in their coursework.
New England Model Engineering Society: An especially good discussion of Shaper restoration here.
South Bay Metalworkers: Santa Clara-based Metalworking Club.
Southern California Home Shop Machinists: Nice project gallery.
VeniceMachine.com: A very cool collective in Sourthern California where folks can go to learn the art of the machinist.
Virtual Machine Shop: An encyclopedic introduction to machinework.
WaterJets.org: Lots of good information on CNC water jet machines.
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