A VMC (vertical machining center) is essentially a CNC vertical milling machine on steroids. Many CNC mills are just manual milling machines that have been converted to CNC control. They work nicely, ...

If you are in the market for a compact, beginner friendly and affordable desktop CNC milling machine may be interested in the Comgrow ROBO which has recently launched via Kickstarter and has already ...

Makers, developers and hobbyists that are searching for a precise yet compact CNC and PCB desktop milling machine, may be interested to know that the updated version of the Othermill Pro is now ...

Precision milling has always been locked behind a "members only" sign – giant machines that take up massive warehouse space, cost more than your first car, and hum like an old air compressor 24 hours ...

The Shapeoko from Inventables in Chicago is said to be the world's first open-source CNC mill that can create precision parts from plastic, wood, and metal. The kits to build the machines cost from ...

The Proxxon MF70 is a nice desktop sized milling machine with a lot of useful add-on accessories available for it, making it very desirable for a hacker to have one in his or her home workshop. But ...

Hello, I would like to make a very narrow slot in a thin (0.0085” thick) aluminum sheet alloy 5123. Ideally the slot would be 0.001-0.002” wide but I will take what I can get. I probably cannot get a ...

Just chewing up some aluminum using an AvidCNC #shorts ...