by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC, Tools and Techniques, Workshop and Storage
Workshop and Garage storage, shelving, organization, cabinets–there are never enough ideas to go around. If your shop is like mine, you’ve managed to fill it with so much stuff (your treasures) that it’s a mess. You’d like to up your...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, CNC Router, CNC With Jaime
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 | Blog, CNC Projects, Tools and Techniques
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. ...
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by Bob Warfield | 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 | Blog, CNC Projects, Tools and 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 | Blog, CNC Projects, Tools and 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 | Blog, CADCAM, 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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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects
Elmer Verburg’s Reversible Open Column Steam Engine Team Build I’m participating in a Team Build of this little steam engine with a bunch of guys over on the HMEM board. I’ll document the progress here. A Team Build is where a group of guys get...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC
DIY CNC Mill Electronics This article details the electronics I put together for my DIY CNC machine. Computer Shuttle SK21G Barebones PC This is a very nice sized little self contained computer that is plenty powerful enough to run Mach 3, particularly with a...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC
E-Leadscrew Panel Functions The E-Leadscrew is designed to enhance manual lathe operations using CNC-like technology without the need for CAD drawings or g-codes. Instead the operator relies on manual operations together with an optional DRO and the E-Leadscrew...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC
CNC Lathe: Stepper Driver Electronics The stepper driver electronics consist of a DC stepper power supply, the breakout board or controller, Gecko Drives, and some miscellaneous relays needed to control things like spindle and coolant. I want want to put all of this...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, CNC Router, DIY CNC, Tools and Techniques
The Widgitmaster’s Travelling CNC Mini Router Medicine Show Are you into CNC Mini Routers? Be sure to check out our G-Wizard CNC Router Speeds and Feeds Calculator. It’s the first Calculator designed especially for CNC Routers, and the link will tell...
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