Paused for the summer is the CNC milling machine project, but an eye is being kept on suitable electronics. My set-up has external stepper motor driver boxes, and so on-board drivers are superfluous.

This video demonstrates how to use a Full Spectrum Laser Hobby 20x12 to create a set of wooden coasters and a matching holder from 1/4" plywood. It showcases CNC laser woodworking techniques suitable ...

Everyone’s first microcontroller project is making an LED blink. It’s become the de-facto “Hello World” of hardware hacking. There’s something about seeing wires you connected and the code you wrote ...

Makers, hobbyists, and DIY enthusiasts who are in search of a compact, user-friendly yet versatile desktop CNC lathe may want to explore the features and capabilities of the Rownd. The Rownd is a ...

Every so often, that console-modding Benjamin Heckendorn wanders away from his lair at benheck.com to share some interesting projects with Engadget. For today's How-To we're going to go through the ...

The digital fabrication industry continues to grow, and there's no better time to be a maker. Much has been written about 3D printing, but many DIYers have found more practical uses for CNC routers ...

The Raspberry Pi platform has become popular in the maker community for various CNC projects. The single board computers are readily suited to acting as a server for a small CNC setup or 3D printer, ...

The open-source grbl project has produced software that allows an Arduino to control a three-axis CNC machine – it is the software within ‘3018’ and related low-cost Chinese-made CNC desktop routers.