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I’ve started building a CNC router from plans. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time now but I couldn’t decide how big a router to build or who had the best design. This article describes why I want one and why I finally picked David Steele’s 25×25-inch dual leadscrew Continue reading Solsylva 25×25 CNC Router Build
I wonder if we’ll be able to buy an affordable hobbyist version of one of these machines in 10 years?
This is a very quick introduction to D2NC, the CAM program I use to convert DXF files into G-code for my mini-mill. It also does conversational CNC programing and it has a “Shape Description Language” for creating shapes and tool paths. D2NC only costs $79, which seems pretty inexpensive for a good Continue reading CAM program D2NC’s new features StickFont v1.1 is a free Windows program you can use to create single-stroke text for engraving. It’s very similar to another free program we’ve written about called DeskEngrave. Both programs will take a line of text and generate the g-code you’ll need to engrave it using a CNC mill, router or similar machine. Continue reading StickFont – Free software for engraving |
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