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Face Milling: 45 or 90 Degree Face Mill?

by Bob Warfield | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, CNC Products, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques, Software

Face Milling Basics What is Face Milling?  Think of milling with the side of an end mill.  The general term for that is “peripheral milling”.  Now, what if we cut strictly with the bottom?  Technically, that’s face milling, though we typically only...

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CNCCookbook 2021 CAM Survey [ What’s the best CAM? ]

by Bob Warfield | Mar 13, 2021 | Blog, CNC Products, Software

Each year, we run a number of surveys so that you can compare market trends from one year to the next.  We released the results of our CAD survey not long ago, so now it’s time to run our CAM survey. CAD and CAM software are the most important software packages...

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CNCCookbook 2021 CAD Survey [ Market Share, Customer Satisfaction ]

by Bob Warfield | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Products, Cool, Software

It’s time to present the results of the CNCCookbook 2021 CAD Survey! I will present the results in two installments.  The first is this article, and the second will be in the form of a further update to this article.  If you’re part of our email newsletter (signup is...

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Feeds and Speeds for Beginners [ LiveStream ]

by Bob Warfield | Nov 18, 2020 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Products, DIY CNC, Feeds and Speeds, LiveStreams, Machining Techniques, NewFeatures, Software

We did this live video stream Monday at 10am Pacific, so I wanted to post the recording in case you hadn’t been able to attend or wanted to review some part of it.  The LiveStream was very well attended and there’ve been a number of views since, so...

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Happy 10th Birthday, G-Wizard! [ Anniversary Sale Launched ]

by Bob Warfield | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog, CNC Products, Cool, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques, NewFeatures, Quoting and Estimating, Software

Time has flown and I realized earlier this month we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary.  That’s right, we shipped G-Wizard Calculator, version 1.000, in October 2010.  It’s officially 10 years old. And what an amazing run it has had.  We’ve...

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Annular Cutters: Complete 2020 Guide [ +Rotabroach ]

by Bob Warfield | Oct 11, 2020 | Blog, CNC Products, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques

What is an Annular Cutter? An annular cutter (also called a Rotabroach, core drill, core cutter, broach cutter, trepanning drill, hole saw, or cup-type cutter) is a special type of cutter for making holes.  It is similar to a hole saw for cutting metal.  What’s...

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