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Do you like to build or modify CNC Machines? This is the place for those articles. DIY CNC COMPLETE GUIDE
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Home Switch and CNC Limit Switch [Easy, Accurate and Inexpensive]
What’s a Home Switch and How is It Used? Suppose you have no home switches. Every time you shut off the mill it loses track of its position. I used to go through this drill. If a servo faults, if I hit the E-Stop, or if I just wanted to shut down for the night,...
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Better Servo Motor Tuning [ Mach3 and CNC applications ]
Servos are closed loop devices. They operate by comparing the position they’re supposed to be at with the position their encoder says they actually are at and applying current to the servo motor until the two match. This linkage between the encoder and motor is...
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Personalizing Mach3: DIY Custom Mach3 Screenset for the Mill
I really liked CNCZone member ger21’s Aqua screen set, both because it looks a lot crisper and more modern than the default 1024.set screens, and also because I think the real estate is better organized and better suited to a touch screen I’ll...
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CNC Training: Free Online Machinist Training and Guides to Help CNC’ers
Free Online CNC Training Courses 14 Free Online CNC classes and Guides for CNC Machinists. Increase your skills by learning more about Feeds & Speeds, G-Code, and much more. These days, production CNC shops have gotten so busy it’s hard to get good...
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Best CAD and CAM Software for Beginners [Easy Guide]
Best CAD and CAM Software for Beginners [Easy Guide] CAD CAM Software–what’s that? Let’s face it–there’s a lot to learn as you’re starting out in CNC. CNC is all about computer-controlled machine tools, so a lot of that learning has to do with...
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A Vise Stop for the Kurt Vise [ Easy Milling Vise Project ]
Editor’s Note: I made this Kurt Vise Stop LONG ago and in a galaxy far away. I bring it back to the forefront because it is an extremely useful tool. Why Use a Vise Stop? Vise stops allow you to position a part in a precise location in your machinist vise...
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Feeds and Speeds for Beginners [ LiveStream ]
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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DIY Disk Sander [ Helpful Shopmade Tooling ]
Note: This is a project I did many years ago as a manual machinist. It turned out great and I still use it to this day. I learned some clever tricks on this one, so it’s worth going through the whole project just to see if there’s...
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CNC Basics: Easy Learning Guide [ +Machining Tutorials ]
Learn CNC Basics: Easy Guide and Tutorials To get started in CNC, you must understand the CNC Basics. This guide will help you find top CNC tutorials suitable for beginners. We’ll guide you on the critical concepts you need to learn and the sequence to follow....
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Fly Cutter: Ultimate Surface Finish Rewards [Complete Guide]
Everything you need to know about fly cutters right here in one complete guide. They’re an indispensable cutting tool that you should have in your shop. A Fly Cutter is any single point cutter that is used on a mill… What’s a Fly Cutter? A Fly...
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10 Things Beginning CNC Milling Machine Users Need to Succeed
Let’s assume you have a working CNC machine that you’ve just acquired, but that you know very little about CNC. Let’s further assume it is a mill and that you will be focused on cutting metal. You’re ready to start milling custom...
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