Metal fabrication has changed dramatically over the last decade. What once required large industrial operations and highly ...

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 ...

Once, long ago when magazines still existed, I bought a copy of Popular Mechanics. Inside was a guide on how to build a robotic lawnmower. Now this was back in the 1980s so it wasn’t a very complex ...

There’s too much talk and not enough action around Industry 4.0, it’s all vision and almost no delivery. That’s the view of manufacturing visionary and Forbes 30under30 recipient Theo Saville, ...

We’re interested in any device that can make a PCB out of a copper-clad board, and this entry for the Hackaday Prize might be the simplest machine for PCB fabrication yet. It’s called the Projecta, ...

“A friend in Connecticut told me about a CNC machine in his shop that was simple, easy to program and set-up, run and verify tools of all types,” recalled Brendan Slabe, an Ohio machine shop owner.

In this video, I discuss how to turn a CNC machine into a business, focusing on my recent upgrade to a 5' x 10' Avid Pro CNC.

Overview: A single robotic arm now handles loading, inter-machine transfer, deburring, and inspection within one automated ...

Makera, a leading innovator in desktop CNC technology, has launched its annual Maker Prime Sale, offering some of the best prices of the year on its Carvera series CNC machines.