The maker community is embracing affordable mini-mills designed to machine wood and metal. MakerBot’s 3-D printers will soon be able to produce items that look like bronze, limestone, and wood, thanks ...

“The prototype of CNC Shaperoo 2025 was created as a successor to the Chinese CNC 3018 platform. The design was based on the assumption that the machine would have a similar workspace, but with ...

Index’s C200 turn-mill machine is basically two independent subsystems. Touted as a “new generation” of turn-mill machining centers, the R200 turn-mill center cuts complex parts from tough materials ...

We know that by this point in the development of CNC technology, nothing should amaze us. We’ve seen CNC machines perform feats of precision that shouldn’t be possible, whether it be milling a complex ...

The people behind the PocketNC heard you like CNC PCB mills, so they milled you a PCB mill out of PCB. They announced their surprising new open source hardware product, a pocket sized 3-axis CNC ...

Sinico’s new TOP 2000ri machines are based on a 9-axis motion control system jointly developed with NUM. Overall machine control is handled by a NUM Flexium 68 CNC system. The rotary transfer stage of ...

How milling machines can be used to create simple PCBs. Challenges of using low-cost solutions. Higher-end alternatives. One challenge with focusing on the latest high-tech solutions is that with so ...