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A 3 by 2 foot CNC router is the size most small shops actually need and rarely admit, big enough for real signs and cabinet parts, small enough to fit agai...
The wood CNC router machine that produces consistently clean results is not defined by brand. It is defined by whether the working area fits your actual wo...
As hobbyists push into bigger and tougher projects, they start looking for a machine with more work area and more spindle power, and Genmitsu's 4040 family...
When you look at a CNC router as a whole, it can seem like a single complicated object. Break it into its components, though, and it becomes something you ...
The machine gets the attention, but software is where CNC wood routing actually happens. Every cut a router makes begins as a design and a set of toolpaths...
MDF is the material more CNC routers spend more time cutting than anything else. It is flat, consistent, cheap, and predictable, which makes it ideal for c...
The gap between a CNC router that technically can cut aluminum and one that reliably does is almost entirely about the operator, not the machine. The machi...
A CNC router is only as good as the bit spinning in its collet, and for woodworkers in the UK there is an extra wrinkle: shank sizes, suppliers, and stock ...
A hobbyist buys a CNC router for a different reason than a production shop: to learn, to make projects for the joy of it, and to grow the skill over time w...
