Monthly Archives: February 2011

CNC update – endmills

Posted on February 24, 2011 by jimbo

I have a DeWalt palm router (I’ll get the model number later). It has a collet, not a chuck, so it can take 1/4″ shank bits only. Speed change bits don’t work. Just round-shank router bits. I ran the endmill … Continue reading →

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Dust, there’s a new Deputy in town

Posted on February 19, 2011 by jimbo

I didn’t really spend a lot of time thinking about sawdust before I built the CNC machine. Now, I think of little else. Everything in the garage is covered in a fine layer of sawdust. So, I have been thinking … Continue reading →

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CNC – parts is parts

Posted on February 14, 2011 by jimbo

I fired up the CNC machine over the weekend. I was trying to figure out how to cut concentric circles in a piece of plywood, and decided that it would be easiest to do it “in software”. The hardest part … Continue reading →

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