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CNCCookbook 2020 CAD Survey [ Market Share, Customer Satisfaction ]

by Bob Warfield | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, CNC Products, Cool, Software

Article Update:  Adding the results from our second installment.  Additional data begins below the first installment with share of free, educational, and pirated users.  Congratulations to our Gold and Silver Customer Satisfaction Award winners!  Also, analysis of IP...

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Feeds and Speeds Artificial Intelligence [ New G-Wizard Power ]

by Bob Warfield | Feb 25, 2020 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Products, Feeds and Speeds, NewFeatures, Software

Lately, artificial intelligence is on the upswing.  Lots of articles about how it’s going to take our jobs or about how people like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking think it could be the end of civilization. I’ve been involved with artificial intelligence for...

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CNCCookbook 2020 CAM Survey [ What’s the most popular CAM? ]

by Bob Warfield | Jan 19, 2020 | Blog, CNC Products, Software

This year, we had over 400 responses to the CNCCookbook 2020 CAM Survey.  Last year it was about 300 responses.  The results are always fascinating.  As before, I will publish the full results in an eBook that is only available to loyal CNCCookbook readers.  In other...

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Surface Plate 2020 Complete Guide [Granite, Cast Iron, Steel]

by Bob Warfield | Dec 28, 2019 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Products, Machining Techniques

Surface Plate 2020 Complete Guide [Granite, Cast Iron, Steel] Grade A Black Granite Surface Plate, 18″ x 12″.  About $160 on Amazon… A Surface Plate is a solid flat plate used to mimic a perfect 2D plane as accurately as possible to facilitate other...

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5 Kinds of CNC Simulator [Speed Work + Save Time]

by Bob Warfield | Dec 21, 2019 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, CNC Products, Feeds and Speeds, GCode, Machining Techniques, Software

What’s a CNC Simulator and How Can They Help? CNC Simulators follow in the footsteps of many other kinds of simulation.  Ever since computers became available, simulation became a powerful or even the preferred way of solving problems.  The idea is to model the...

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Easy Guide to Chamfer Mill Speeds and Feeds [ 2020 Usage Tips ]

by Bob Warfield | Dec 13, 2019 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Products, CNC Router, Feeds and Speeds, Machining Techniques, Manual Machining

Easy Guide to Chamfer Mill Speeds and Feeds [ 2020 Usage Tips ] Chamfer Mills, Cutters, and Router Bits are an essential part of any CNC’ers tooling.  They make it easy to put that nice chamfered edge on parts that is such a signature for CNC machined work. ...

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