RP3d has created an affordable yet comprehensive desktop CNC milling machine called the MicroMill which is now available to back with pledges starting from £649 and shipping expected to take place ...

Until 2016, it was impossible to incorporate a femtosecond laser—an ultra-short pulse duration laser—onto a 5-axis machine. This was first realized by the Swiss group Georg Fischer in 2016, thereby ...

MicroMill is a 3-axis CNC (computer numerical control) milling machine with a fraction over an A4 footprint, and 115 x 100 x 64mm working area. UPDATE: the company webpage no longer works – so link ...

Kyocera SGS Precision Tools has expanded the micro end mill line of tools to include 594 items. These line items include tools with two, three and four flutes, and will include long-reach dimensions.

I bought a small nth-hand milling machine a few years ago, as a challenge to see if I could ‘CNC’ it. It is a Clarke CMD10, one of the many re-badged versions of X1 made by Sieg in China And after ...

The Proxxon MF70 mini-mill is a cheap and cheerful, but decently made little desktop mill. As such, it’s been the target of innumerable CNC-ification projects, including an official kit from the ...

Sometimes there's a deal you just can't pass up. This little guy showed up on my local CL for a great price and I grabbed it. Spent a few nights after work knocking together an enclosure, added flood ...

[btopley] built his own micro mill out of Lego NXT parts. The construction details are a bit light, but it looks like a great way to try things out without all the actual machine work. permalink ...

CNC flute grinding is a precision manufacturing process crucial for refining the geometry of end mills, the cutting tools widely used in milling operations. This technique utilises computer numerical ...