by Bob Warfield | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, CNC Router, CNC With Jaime, LiveStreams
What is CNC With Jaime? CNC With Jaime is our Learning Series for total beginners. In this course we’ll take Jaime from knowing nothing about CNC to running her own CNC Business. If you’d like to learn CNC the Easy Way, follow along with Jaime as she...
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by Bob Warfield | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog, CNC Products, CNC Projects, Cool
I’ve been wanting to get some more exercise, and bicycle riding is ideal. I live in gorgeous Northern California where the weather is great most of the year and the scenery is fantastic. Just one little problem: my house is atop a very steep hill. Getting the...
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by Bob Warfield | Aug 17, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC
The work required to control the mill spindle from Mach3 is not terribly hard, but there are a lot of details, so I’ve split it off to a different page to make it easier to follow this subsystem. Controller Board Selection Given the Smoothstepper and Geckos...
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by Bob Warfield | Aug 10, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, Machining Techniques
Philip Duclos was the originator of a number of fascinating projects for the home shop machinist, but I fell in love with his “Hula-hula” engine after seeing it in a couple of places. It is essentially a 6-cylinder radial engine consisting of 6 little...
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by Bob Warfield | Aug 10, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, Machining Techniques
I’ve wanted a small engine project for some time, having seen some Stuart Turner models up close and personal, as well as having looked at a number of pictures on various web sites. The question was which engine would be suitably interesting and pleasing when...
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by Bob Warfield | Aug 10, 2021 | Blog, CNC Projects, Software
For those curious about using a program like Rhino3D, this is a quick walkthrough of how I changed my original steam port design to a fancier version. Instead of drilling at a steep angle to keep the ports near the end of the cylinder, I change the design to use a...
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