Are you using VCarve Pro to design and toolpath your CNC projects? Let’s look at how you can easily import and add router bits to the software’s Tool...
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There are plenty of good reasons for mastering this process: Get species you can’t commercially buy. Control the dimensions of your stock. (Great...
Continue ReadingMake a Modern Graduated Strip Cutting Board
In the past I ran a business with my father where we sold a variety of wooden products, and one of our all-time best sellers was this contrasting...
Continue ReadingZero In On Your Origin
You may have had this experience on your CNC router; you’ve determined the XY origin for your project, and you need to get the spindle directly over...
Continue ReadingCNC Hold Down Methods
When you use a hand-held router for your woodworking you get constant feedback on what’s happening. When you “rout” with a CNC, the machine is doing...
Continue ReadingMeet the Tool Designer: Warren Weber
Warren Weber has spent a large portion of his career with a focused vision to help woodworkers to be more efficient in their shops, working on...
Continue ReadingHow to Make a Barn Quilt
Barn quilts are fun to make, and a great way to let your creative juices flow. The barn quilt shown here is 24” x 24”, but you can make yours as...
Continue ReadingCNC: Same design, different toolpaths, different look
A really interesting aspect of doing CNC work is creating a design, and then experimenting with different toolpaths to get different results.
Continue ReadingMortises on a Drill Press
Need to make mortises for an upcoming project? One of the easiest ways to make them is by using a drill press equipped with a Forstner bit. The...
Continue ReadingCutting Tenons and Half Lap Joints
Tenons and half lap joints can easily be cut on a table saw equipped with a dado head. Tenons, of course, accompany mortises in mortise and tenon...
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