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Drill Bit Angles: Easy Guide to Point Angles
An important factor when choosing the best drill bits for your project is Drill Bit Angle. The two most common Drill Bit Angles, or to be precise, Drill Bit Point Angles, are 118 degrees and 135 degrees. The point angle is measured like this: The choice of...
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CNC Router Projects
Get tons of ideas here for your next Project! Most of these are cnc wood projects, but I have scattered a few simplified metal projects too that might be suitable cnc projects for routers. They’re all things that just about any CNC Router, even a DIY CNC...
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4Axis CNC Router
What is a 4Axis CNC Router? For the most part, the principals of 4th Axis use with a CNC Router on wood are much the same as the more metal-focused 4th axis articles that have come before. We’ll focus on how it all looks on a CNC Router as well as common...
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Corner Radius End Mills [Bull Nose]: Guide
What is a Corner Radius Endmill (or Bull Nose end mills) Corner radius end mills also called bull nose end mills) are normal square end mills that have a slight radius ground into their edges. The radius helps distribute cutting forces evenly to prevent damage to the...
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Best CNC Wood Cutting Machines and Routers
What Is a CNC Machine? CNC stands for Computer Numerical Control, and it just means machines whose cutting is controlled via computer. What’s Different about Wood CNC machines? Nothing has to be different about a Wood CNC Machine. There are plenty of companies...
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Countersink Depth Calculator [ Free Machinist Tool ]
Countersink Depth Calculator G-Wizard has a free Countersink Calculator: It is accessed via the Geometry tab, and it is free to anyone who has ever had a free 30 day trial or subscription to G-Wizard. Use this handy countersink calculator to determine what depth to...
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Woodruff & Keyseat Cutters: Easy Guide to Keyway, Key, & Keyseat CNC Work
Whenever we need to affix a part to a shaft, such as a gear or pulley, keyways, keys, and keyseat work or woodruff work comes into play. So, let’s begin by getting our terminology straight. A Keyway is a slot of some kind that is used to align the part on...
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Carbide Drill Speeds and Feeds [Plus Tips and Techniques]
Carbide Drill Speeds and Feeds [Plus Tips and Techniques] Recently I had breakfast with a gentleman who was telling me his tale of woe. He had to drill hundreds of holes in some steel electrical panels on his CNC Router, and things were not going well. Tool life on...
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Chip Fans for Clearing Chips
I remember the first time I saw a Lang Chip Fan. A friend showed me on his VMC and we both had ear to ear grins in no time. Imagine a tool that sits in your carousel. Load it up in the machine spindle, spin the spindle, and fan blades pop out to blow...
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CNC Router Software: Easy Guide [ Beginner to Advanced ]
Introduction This article will walk you through the basic types of software for CNC Routers. Most folks will not use all of the cnc software described here. But it’s good to know what is out there in case you do have a problem one of these cnc software packages...
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2022 End Mill Survey Winners
Each year we survey CNCCookbook readers (that’d be you, gentle reader) about which End Mill brands they like to use. The information is helpful to anyone who needs to shop for end mills. After all, in most markets we know who the most popular brands...
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