CNC Milling
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Hurco Alters Lathe Control to Match Mills
For years, the control software on Hurco's lathes differed from the control software on Hurco's mills. No longer! Now engineers ha...
Milling Tools: Benefits of Circle Segment Cutters in 5-Axis Machining
Circle segment milling cutters are quickly becoming the norm in 5-axis machining. These cutters can reduce cycle times while still...
Is That A Typewriter In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me?
[Attoparsec] wondered what if you could carry a typewriter in your pocket, then followed through with that and built one. (Video, ...
Pulling A Chainsaw With Gravity
[Flowering Elbow] had a large ash log that needed to be milled. He had his chainsaw and shared an excellent technique for an easie...
A Solar Frame From Scratch
“From scratch” is a bit of a murky expression. How scratchy does it get? Are you just baking your bread yourself or are you growin...
Improving a Mini-Lathe with a Few Clever Hacks
Like many budget machinists, the delightfully optimistically named [We Can Do That Better] had trouble with some of the finer cont...
Hack a Folding Bike to Help You Catch Some Pike
For many of us, this whole pandemic thing has produced some unexpected upsides. One of [George Turvey]’s was finding a nice new sc...