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CNC Router Feeds and Speeds from Manufacturer’s Recommendations
Text:Spiral Compression CNC Router Feeds and Speeds from Manufacturer’s Recommendations We have quite a large audience of CNC Router users here on CNCCookbook. Their needs are quite a bit different than the average metalworker’s needs for machining...
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Ultimate Benchtop CNC Mini Mill: Part 2 – CNC Mechanicals
Here is Part 2 of our Ultimate Benchtop CNC Mini Mill design series. Part 1 was about selecting the Donor Mill. Part 2 will be concerned with selecting your CNC mechanical components, specifically the leadscrews, ballnuts, motor mounts, and drive system....
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Video: CNC Router as Pick and Place Machine
” is coded language used to format a webpage. But I would like to bring your attention to a unique video by Lindsay Wilson that showcases his CNC Router functioning as a pick and place machine. I thought this deserved its own post. He mentioned it in a comment...
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You Can’t Find Optimal Feeds and Speeds in Charts, Handbooks, or the Seat of Your Pants
I see a lot of interesting discussions about feeds and speeds out on the Internet. There are people that think you can get good feeds and speeds just by reading manufacturer’s charts, by ear, from their CAM program, and through a whole host of other shortcuts....
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What Now: My CNC Won’t Go Slow Enough or Fast Enough?
Computing Feeds and Speeds accurately under all circumstances involves a significant amount of intricate math to yield satisfactory results. There’s far more depth and nuance to it than the rudimentary equations most learn, which aim to associate surface speed,...
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Crazy Cool Wood Joinery with CNC
If you can imagine it, you can probably make it with CNC. But how many of us are so used to seeing non-CNC’d things that we forget to imagine? There is an indicator on the front of a Mac Powerbook laptop. The case is aluminum, and if the indicator is...
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Do you like weird gears? Wooden gears? Do you have a CNC router?
Do you like weird gears? Wooden gears? Do you have a CNC router? Should any of the aforementioned statements be accurate, there are a pair of actions you must undertake. First is to check out this Clayton Boyer video that went viral with nearly 2 million views as I...
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Make Awesome Control Panels and Signs With “Gravograph”
This excellent article from CNCZone taught me a new method where the writer used a “Gravograph” to create a stunning CNC control panel. And here is some work in progress: This engraving material is a laminated plastic, that has a self-adhesive to make it...
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Welcome to Gearotic Motion
This guest blog is by Art Fenerty, creator of Mach3 and now, the Gearotic Motion software. I encouraged Art to share in his own words why Gearotic Motion truly stands out, and he’s graciously done so. If this sparks your interest, don’t miss the array of...
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Wooden Clock Plans from Clayton Boyer
I’ve always loved these open framework wooden clocks. They seem like ideal CNC projects, especially if you are set up with a CNC router. Friends are constantly asking me what I make with all the machines in my shop and when I answer that I mostly make more...
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54 Problems G-Wizard Calculator Will Solve For You
54 problems G-Wizard Calculator will solve for me? Really? Sounds like hyperbole, I know, but it’s a very straightforward and somewhat conservative list. If you haven’t tried G-Wizard, I’d expect you to be skeptical. If you have tried it, and even...
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