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BobsCNC Update (CNC Router and 3D Printer)
Shop work has been a little slow the last few weeks. I have been busy with things other than BobsCNC. Next week is Ma...
Maker Faire and Softball—What do they have in common?
Michael—Team Captain
My wife, Pam and I are planning to go to the Maker Faire in KC on June 27th. We have not ...
CNC Router Rail System—Simply Supported or Fully Supported
As an engineer, I love the math of how things work. It comes in handy when designing new products. I had a math teach...
Simple Digital Read Out (DRO) with the ATmega328
The Bridgeport Series 1 CNC is no doubt my favorite tool in the shop. I found it on Craigslist a few years ago. I ...
Dewalt 611 upgrade, making parts and tooling
Dewalt upgrade
First, let me say that I have switched out the quiet spindle for a Dewalt 611 trim router. The quie...
3D Printer high grip string drive
I have designed and built several CNC routers and added CNC to a Grizzly desktop mill. They all had one thing in com...
Router is up and running
I wish I could say it is complete but there is still a lot of work to do. I am running the Arduino shield, but not us...
New concept is coming together nicely
New concept is coming together nicely. X and Y are running and Z is close to being complete. The router is connected ...
CNC Router Revision Underway
After building and testing the prototype router I have decided to make some changes. I will be going to a dual X driv...