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Ultimate Benchtop CNC Mini Mill Part 8: A Spindle for Our Mill
This marks the eight part in our Ultimate Benchtop CNC Mini Mill series. This series aims to assist DIY CNC enthusiasts in sorting out the design aspects and trade-offs for their CNC Mill projects. Here are the previous parts of the series: Part 1: Donor Mill...
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Auto Loading a Milling Vise
Saw this one on the latest installment of the Tormach blog. It’s an auto-loading setup for a machinist vise built by machinist Joe Gerad: Auto-Loading a Milling Vise… We’ve featured vise auto-loaders before, but this one is so cheap and...
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9 Completely Frivolous Things You Could Make on Your Expensive CNC Machine
We sent men to the Moon with it and much more, but CNC can also be such a decadent luxury. No matter what you make with CNC, it takes on that certain look of mechanical perfection. Nature is filled with organic curves, so when we see CNC’d objects,...
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Dave Decaussin Makes a Floating Tap Holder
Dave Decaussin is heralded as a prominent figure in our CNC industry. He was among the founding members at Fadal, a company they divested years ago. In the meantime, he has been participating in different projects and continues to maintain a popular YouTube channel...
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Shopmade Air-Powered 5C Collet Chuck for a Haas TL1
Geof from CNCZone has constructed an impressively diligent project: Air-Powered 5C Collet Chuck assembled… Installed on the Haas TL-1… Some design notes: Geof discovered the optimal draw force on the 5C system is about 1200lbs. This is accomplished via 10...
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Build a CNC Drag Knife for Your CNC Router or Mill
Have you thought about using a drag knife with your CNC Router? Drag Knifes are really handy for cutting soft materials like vinyl, cardboard, mat board, foam, wood veneer, leather, and many others. With flat sheets, you might use a drag knife to create some...
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A Little Bit of CNC Goes A Long Way
Many of us are vexed by the question our non-machinist friends love to ask, “What do you make with all those fancy tools?” All too often the answer is, “More tools.” That always leads to the perplexed friend wrinkling their brow,...
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3D Printing for RC Plane Modelers and Drone Builders
I was an avid model builder in my youth, and carried it forward into adulthood when I was much younger by building RC (Radio Controlled) Planes. My biggest problem was that the planes took a long time to build relative to the length of time I could fly one before...
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The Secret of Quick CNC Christmas Ornaments from Clip Art
A considerable amount of CNC entails making precise drawings and 3D models using CAD software. However, there are moments when you may want to construct something where accuracy isn’t necessarily the focus. Instead, you may be looking to build something more...
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Use Soft Jaws for a 5C Collet Chuck
I was reminded of this excellent concept that I initially noticed Geof post a while back on CNCZone. This thought resurfaced as I was engaging and disengaging my 5C closer from my Tormach lathe. Softjaws with the right ID profile make a fine 5C collet closer…...
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Not Filtering Your Coolant? Find Out How to Do It Cheaply and Easily
Is there a filter in your cnc coolant system that purifies fine particles? You should seriously consider having one due to several substantial reasons. – Better surface finish and tool life. Blasting old chips from the coolant sump directly into the...
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