by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, DIY CNC, Tools and Techniques
Each Holiday Season we get a bit of time away from work. We’ll spend much of it with our families, but with any luck, we’ll be able to steal away for a few hours now and then to our workshops. I see the Holiday Season as an ideal time to take...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Projects
With Halloween around the corner this week, could there be a more fitting time to discuss the intriguing pastime famously known as “Cosplay?” Wikipedia says, “Cosplay is short for costume play, and is a performance art in which participants called...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects
Recently, I’ve been frequently using my Tormach Lathe and grew tired of stumbling over the packaged tool turret. So, I figured it was time to fix it onto the machine. In Part 1, we are merely positioning it. The turret is hefty and would require a hoist for this...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, CNC Projects
If you wish you had a 3D printer to bring your designs to life, 3DHubs can assist you. They’ll take your STL file and connect you with a local 3D printer that’s part of their community. Soon enough, you’ll be on your way to seeing your part come to...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects
Maybe you’re interested in acquiring something created using CNC, or you could just be looking for a unique project or present. What’s sturdy, fitting of the unusual contemporary adjective “Tactical”, constructed using CNC, and a great...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, CNC Projects, Tools and Techniques
A significant drawback of 3D printing at a hobbyist scale is the incapacity to print metal. There are indeed commercial 3D printers capable of printing metals, including unique types like Inconel. However, the expense of these 3D printers only allows for usage in the...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, DIY CNC
This is the seventh installment of our Ultimate Benchtop CNC Mini Mill series. The series is dedicated to helping DIY CNC’ers work through the design considerations and tradeoffs for their CNC Mill projects. Here are the installments so far: Part 1:...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, Tools and Techniques
Whether a CNC user plans on manufacturing a phone case using a 3D Printer or carving it out from a solid material block, it is an uncomplicated project. Furthermore, these cases serve as exceptional holiday presents. The key is accounting for the dimensions of the...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, DIY CNC
Delta 3D Printers You’re probably wondering, “Why a Delta 3D Printer?,” or perhaps even “What is a Delta 3D Printer?” Delta 3D Printers use a somewhat different geometry than most CNC machines people are used to. Instead of the...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, DIY CNC
We are presenting the sixth chapter of our Ultimate Benchtop CNC Mini Mill series. This series is committed to assisting DIY CNC enthusiasts in understanding the design factors and trade-offs involved in their CNC Mill projects. Up until now, the parts of the series...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Projects
Long time CNCCookbook readers will have come across my project-in-planning Astronomical Clock. It’s one of those projects I promise myself I will be devoted to when my life is a little less busy (does that time ever come?). Meanwhile, with a new 3D Printer on...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, CNC Projects, Software, Tools and Techniques
The ‘feast or famine’ cycle is a common experience for many job shops, if not the majority. There are periods where they’re inundated with work to the point of being overwhelmed, followed by abrupt periods of idleness, leading to concerns about...
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