Tutorial

From CAD to Product using the blackTooth Laser Cutter

From CAD to Product using the blackTooth Laser ...

Here is the complete process (overview) on how to create create a box with using the box joint (finger joint) method. The overview will explain the process of drawing the...

From CAD to Product using the blackTooth Laser ...

Here is the complete process (overview) on how to create create a box with using the box joint (finger joint) method. The overview will explain the process of drawing the...

Google SketchUp Primer on Personal Fabrication

Google SketchUp Primer on Personal Fabrication

The SketchUp folks did a great write-up on additive and subtractive fabrication as it relates to SketchUp. Moreover, they talk about some very important issues related to these processes. If...

Google SketchUp Primer on Personal Fabrication

The SketchUp folks did a great write-up on additive and subtractive fabrication as it relates to SketchUp. Moreover, they talk about some very important issues related to these processes. If...

From Sketchup to CNC Fabrication and Built Assembly

From Sketchup to CNC Fabrication and Built Asse...

In this tutorial, I show you how to draw a complex assembly in SketchUp, take that drawing and build upon it with machining operations (tool paths) in CAM, cut out...

From Sketchup to CNC Fabrication and Built Asse...

In this tutorial, I show you how to draw a complex assembly in SketchUp, take that drawing and build upon it with machining operations (tool paths) in CAM, cut out...

The blackToe CNC Machine Cutting 6061 Aluminum

Cutting/Milling Metal with the blackToe CNC Mac...

Mark Gottschalk has been cutting metal with his 8 foot long blackToe CNC Machine for a while now. How does he do it? It's a balance of depth per pass,...

Cutting/Milling Metal with the blackToe CNC Mac...

Mark Gottschalk has been cutting metal with his 8 foot long blackToe CNC Machine for a while now. How does he do it? It's a balance of depth per pass,...

Demonstration of Spoilboard Surfacing with an Onsrud Surfacing Cutter

Demonstration of Spoilboard Surfacing with an O...

The video below is a quick demo of us doing a bottom clearing on our CNC machine using our new Onsrud Spoilboard Surfacing Cutter. It's generally a good idea to...

Demonstration of Spoilboard Surfacing with an O...

The video below is a quick demo of us doing a bottom clearing on our CNC machine using our new Onsrud Spoilboard Surfacing Cutter. It's generally a good idea to...

Cutting Full Depth and Better Dust Removal

Cutting Full Depth and Better Dust Removal

Using our new water cooled 2.2kW spindle has benefitted us with less wear on our end mills and the ability to extract almost all of the dust created from milling....

Cutting Full Depth and Better Dust Removal

Using our new water cooled 2.2kW spindle has benefitted us with less wear on our end mills and the ability to extract almost all of the dust created from milling....