See how CNC routing and laser cutting compare in accuracy, cost, and material performance to help you choose the right ...

Plasma cutters are ridiculously cheap these days, just cruise by the usual online sources or your local Harbor Freight if you’ve got any doubt about that. But “cheap” and “good” don’t always intersect ...

I was thinking up some mad scientist ideas, and came up with the idea of making a CNC tubing cutter to prototype some ideas I had. The idea would be to be able to cut various holes and end shapes into ...

Have you ever had a brilliant idea for a creative project but felt held back by the complexity—or cost—of the tools needed to bring it to life? Whether you’re a seasoned maker or just dipping your ...

Tubes! Not only is the internet a series of them, many projects in the physical world are, too. If you’re building anything from a bicycle to a race cart to and aeroplane, you might find yourself ...

“To assemble this PVC CNC machine, tuenhidiy started by building the lower frame from a plethora of T-joints and connectors along with several inserts for attaching the aluminum rods. The plate at the ...

I've started working a personal program to design shapes with tubing (and produce G-code for a CNC tubing cutter I'm going to build). It's been roughly 20 years since I was last in a vector geometry ...