CNC Router

CNC Routing Basics: Toolpaths and Feeds ‘n Speeds

CNC Routing Basics: Toolpaths and Feeds ‘n Speeds

By Ryan McKibbin

Ryan McKibbin

Ryan McKibbin is a lecturer and the Fabrication Labs Director at Catholic University's School of Architecture and Planning where he teaches Furniture Design and Digital Fabrication. Ryan recently served as Assembly Team Faculty Advisor for Team Capitol dc's entry into the 2013 Solar Decathlon

Ryan's work is rooted in traditional techniques with interests in CAD/CAM. He has an extensive knowledge in Rhino3d and related software.

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Getting started with CNC routing can be a little difficult and the variety of parameters and steps can be overwhelming. Here’s an overview to get you started.

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Motion Control for the Masses: The TinyG Story

Motion Control for the Masses: The TinyG Story

Alden Hart

By Alden Hart

Alden Hart

Alden Hart is CTO of Ten Mile Square Technologies, a technology consulting firm that develops systems for media and communications, from the metadata to the metal. In his spare time he co-runs Syntheos and combines micro-controllers, LEDs, mechanics, and other small parts in ways that have no practical application.

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TinyG offers industrial-grade motion control that’s accessible to casual users while still powerful enough for pros.

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Driving Big Stepper Motors with Arduino

Driving Big Stepper Motors with Arduino

John Saunders

By John Saunders

John Saunders

About NYC CNC: In 2005, John was struggling to bring a product to market. Hoping a basic knowledge of machining would help make prototypes and communicate with machine shops, he bought a small milling machine. Almost ten years later, he now runs NYC CNC, where he loves working with customers and machines for job-shop work, design-for-manufacturing and product development. A largely self-taught machinist, he shares many of his endeavors on his successful YouTube channel which focuses on home shop manufacturing. For more information, see www.nyccnc.com.

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John Saunders of NYC CNC gives two video tutorials on controlling large stepper motors with an Arduino, a 24V power supply, and an ST-M5045 microstepping driver.

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10 Essential Accessories for Your CNC

By Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

As the founder and CEO of Plex Systems, Robert Beatty was one of the pioneers of the cloud services industry. He retired in 2006 to spend more time with his family and pursue his writing career. Today, he and his daughters build robots for their own fun and learning, and sometimes for museums. His first novel for young adults will be published by Disney-Hyperion in 2015.

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Robert Beatty and his daughters Camille and Genevieve use their CNC mill to make custom aluminum parts for their robots on beatty-robotics.com. They share their list of 10 essential accessories for your CNC mill. Learn some great tool tips from these experienced makers!

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CNC Week Kicks off Today with New Projects — and a Fresh Contest

CNC Week Kicks off Today with New Projects — and a Fresh Contest

By Anna Kaziunas France

Anna Kaziunas France

Anna Kaziunas France is interested practical digital fabrication focused project documentation (anything that turns codes into things), as well as adventures in synthetic biology, biohacking, personal genomics and programmable materials.

She's currently working on the forthcoming book "Design for CNC: Practical Joinery Techniques, Projects, and Tips for CNC-routed Furniture".

She’s also the Academic Dean of the global Fab Academy program, the co-author of Getting Started with MakerBot and compiled the Make: 3D Printing book.

Formerly, she worked as an editor for Make: Books, was digital fabrication editor and skill builder section editor for Make: Magazine, and directed Make:'s 2015 and 2014 3D Printer Shootout testing events.

She likes things that are computer-controlled, parametric, and open— preferably all three.

Find her on her personal site, Twitter and Facebook.

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We’ve got an entire week of brand new CNC machining content lined up! Check back each day for new projects, skill builders, tutorials and videos —plus a brand new contest. Let the sawdust and aluminum fly!

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Christopher Blasius’ Wooden CNC Router

Christopher Blasius’ Wooden CNC Router

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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Christopher Blasius of Holz Mechanik built this sweet CNC router out of wood, and anyone with a drill, a jigsaw, and a router or table saw can build it. I love the elegant and useful bellows system for protecting the guts from the omnipresent dust and wood chips! The X and Y are 300mm (about […]

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