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I get to use the machines at work after hours, its a great setup.

My name is Noah and I am addicted to making cnc machines.

Well I found this and other DIY CNC websites about three years ago and was instantly hooked. Since then I have completed two homemade...

I showed up late to another school surplus sale. They closed the machining program, laid-off all of the machining teachers, and then sold the equipment. They had no idea what they had. 2 enclosed...

Well I just went to a local college surplus sale and bought an EMCO Compact 5 PC (lathe), all the main parts to a second Compact 5 (Bed, Chuck, all motors, ways, screws...) Two LightMachines Mills...

Well I bought a couple of Light Machines (Spectralight) mills and a lathe at a local school surplus sale. They all worked and I ran a few programs on each machine , everything was going well then I...

I found one of these at a school surplus sale:
http://www.rhinorobotics.com/markiii.html
Does anyone use one of these?
Is it worth trying to use on a homemade CNC machine? I don't know where I'd...

I have a stepper motor CNC router but I want it to go MUCH faster. The motors are 300 oz currently. K2CNC has an assembled 3-axis Gecko drive and 3 300oz motors in a package. My question is would...

I am looking for available plans of a proven design of a large CNC mill to cut foam for scaled models of cars, boats, and jetskis. I need a working capacity of 8' X 4', and here's the most difficult...

Thanks for the quick response.

I ahve the HobbyCNC kit and the recomended 30V 10A transformer. Its all assembled but I haven't plugged it in.
On the transformer I taped off the center tap and put the two other leads on the...

First test run completed. I used 600 grit powder, a little oil and a drill press, 3/8 piece of brass, into RC96 WC. I didn't drill clear through but based on the surface area of the brass and the...

I ordered some powder, when it gets here I'll try it with a copper tube on the drill press with a weight on the quill so I can leave it for a while. Spin it really slowly? I'll rig up something...

If my current controller is rated at 6A per phase and I wanted to increase that to something like 15A could I swap out the MOSFETs for higher rated ones and put a better heat sink and fan on them? Or...

I need to drill several 3/8" to 3/4" inch holes through tungsten carbide up to 3/8" thick. Does anyone know of any options besides EDM? I'd like to keep this in house if I can.

Also, does anyone know if there are options besides EDM for drilling 1/2" holes into carbide, 3/8" deep?

I'm a new guy wishing to build my first CNC mill. I aquired 3 450oz Superior Electric "slo-syn" stepper motors. Questions on encoders, should these have built in encoders? What should I look for? I...