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Replace Your CNC Pendant with Your Smartphone
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (384+ words) Hackster. io Replace Your CNC Pendant with Your Smartphone Francis Boss" created the Axis Forge app that lets a smartphone act as a CNC pendant. The entire point of a CNC machine is that it works automatically " you don't have…...
You Can Now Get a CNC Lathe for Your Desktop
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (323+ words) We've seen many new desktop CNC mills hit the market over the years and that is a good thing. But a lot of machinists will tell you that lathes are more useful than mills, so it is a little surprising…...
Aaron Christophel Ports Doom to a Toaster " And You'd Better Play Well if You Want Unburnt Toast
2+ week, 6+ day ago (370+ words) Hackster. io Please ensure that Java Script is enabled in your browser to view this page. "Yes, this is as stupid as it sounds," Christophel warns in the introduction to his latest video. "It's a toaster with a freaky LCD…...
Is a Threadless Ball Screw Right for Your 3 D Printer?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (471+ words) Hackster. io Please ensure that Java Script is enabled in your browser to view this page. Lead screws are common on machine tools, but they have significant backlash and that is an issue for CNC-controlled machine tools " especially those without…...
Lemontart Is a New Challenger in the Metal-Cutting Desktop CNC Mill Market
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (240+ words) Machines like this are notoriously difficult to pull off, because milling steel requires a lot of rigidity. That means a big, heavy machine and that's the opposite of what you want on a desktop. The Shariff DMC2 Mini that I reviewed…...
The Windows 98 Toaster is Here
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (202+ words) That gave You Tuber Throaty Mumbo an idea: now that smart toasters exist " and often pack more computing power than a vintage PC " why not run Windows 98 on a toaster? With a vision clearly in mind, Throaty Mumbo picked up…...
This Solar Power Meter Packs a Real Photovoltaic Panel for Accurate Field Measurements
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (111+ words) Pseudonymous maker "Green Energy Harvester," hereafter simply "Green," has released a guide to building a compact solar power meter " designed to make it easy to figure out where best to position and angle solar panels prior to installation. "Tilt and…...