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 a Cookbook dedicated to CNC Manufacturing and Machining Techniques.
Whether you're at the very beginning of your journey to manufacture your own product, starting a new machine shop, or running an established operation and looking for ideas on how to improve productivity, this is where you'll find that sort of information on CNCCookbook.
Here are the articles available for maximizing your CNC Manufacturing.
Basic Concepts Every CNC Machinist Should Know
CNC Manufacturing Workflow: Optimize each part of the cycle to improve productivity.
Where to Start Saving: Cycle Time or Setup Time?
What Do Top Shops Do Differently? Learn about Best Practices the Top Shops have that others don't yet.
10 Strategies for Managing the Feast or Famine Job Shop
Lean Manufacturing Principles: Try our multi-part mini-course to get you up to speed on Lean Manufacturing fast.
Articles By Manufacturing Workflow Stage
Order & Design
Take the Order, design the Part, and prepare the g-code and any other machine inputs
Design Discussion & Specification
Cost Estimation & Quotation
Order Committed
CAD
CAM
Post
CNC Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
Cost Estimating for Machining and Manufacturing
CNC Machine Hourly Rate Calculator
3 Step Process for Choosing CAD Software
2014 CNCCookbook CAM Software Survey
3D CAM Toolpath Fundamentals
What a Difference a Radius Makes: CAD/CAM Trick
How to Choose a Stepover
Thinking About High Speed Machining, Corners, and Stepover
How to Choose Cut Depth and Cut Width
Rough Stock & Consumables
Obtain rough stock and consumables and cut to size for loading in machines
Rough Stock - Order - Inventory - Cut to Size
Consumables - Order - Inventory - Tool Setting
Bandsaw, Waterjet, Laser or Plasma Cut Rough Stock?
Nesting Software from Sigma Tek to MyNesting.com: Maximize Rough Stock Utilization
Setup
Prepare machine so it is ready for operator to produce multiple parts
Tooling
Workholding and Fixturing
Load Program
Total Guide to CNC Jigs, Fixtures, and Workholding Solutions for Mills
Using DNC to Load G-Code Onto Your CNC Machines
Machining
Actual CNC machining work
Load Stock
Run
Problems
Inspection
Forward Part to Finishing
(More than 10 articles)
Finishing
Final preparation of the part before delivery
Finish Prep - Deburr - Polish - Clean/Degrease
Finish (Anodize, Powder Coat, etc.)
Inspection/Quality Control
Inventory
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The Fly Cutter Page: Best Surface Finish Tool in the Kit
Chip Fans for Clearing Chips
Cosine Error and Dial Indicator Measurements
Overhead
Routine activities not directly associated with the manufacture of a particular part
Cleanup
Routine Maintenance - Coolant - Machine Maintenance
Training
CNC Chuck Maintenance: A Kitigawa Guest Post
5 Steps to Evaluating VMC Performance
Michigan Training Program Turns Out New Machinists in 6 Weeks
Intermediate Techniques
4th Axis Basics: Multi-part article series on what a 4th axis can do, how they work, workholding, etc.
C-Axis Turning and Live Tooling: What if your lathe was also a mill?
5-Axis CNC Benefits: What are they doing that you can't?
RAMTIC: Super Fast Precision Manufacturing on Cheap Machines (aka What you can do with probing)
Horizontal vs Vertical Milling Machines
- Two and a Half Men: Manufacturing at Straightline Components
High Speed Machining
Lights Out Machining
- Definitive Guide to Lights Out Manufacturing
- Why Shops Run More than One Shift
Job Cost Estimation
Resources for Starting CNC Businesses
Machine Shop Business Plan: How to go about putting one together with samples
Turning Pro and the Lunch Pail Manifesto
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